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...plan requires more than rhetoric. Under NEPAD, in return for increased aid, trade access and debt relief, African governments will commit themselves to standards of good governance and democracy through a system of peer review. Without upholding these core principles, donors and business will be loath to invest. Yet translating governance buzzwords into reality requires considerable institutional capacity and the sort of political will hitherto lacking in Africa. Business and civil society have a key role to play in holding leadership to these promises, often made abroad but seldom kept at home, though their relationship with African governments is typically...
...taxable account, municipal bonds look good right now, says Vanguard's McKinnon. Low-cost muni funds are available from Vanguard, as well as from Fidelity, T. Rowe Price and USAA, with yields of 3% to 4%, tax free. McKinnon also likes REIT funds, which invest not in bonds but in the income-rich shares of real estate investment trusts. Vanguard's REIT fund yielded 5.3% last year; another economical choice, Cohen & Steers Realty Shares, yields...
...Stanford] would invest hugely in a department and they would get it up to national standards,” Fiske says...
Thrity-nine Harvard professors have joined a petition calling for the University to divest from investment in Israel. The joint Harvard-MIT petition argues that universities should not invest in Israel until Israel ends its occupation of Palestinian territories and stops human rights abuses...
Only two student shows each term in the Loeb Experimental Theater are paid for without HRDC money. These productions—the first and the last in each semester—would provide a chance for Carr to invest in collaborative work, Cozzens said. He added Carr could also contribute to shows in Harvard’s smaller performing spaces, such as the Adams Pool Theater...