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...Bank report on remittances. Ratha says he was so struck by the figures that he rechecked his research several times, wondering if he might have miscalculated. Indeed, he believes the true figure for remittances this year is probably closer to $350 billion, since migrants are estimated to send one-third of their money using unofficial methods, including taking it home by hand. That money is never reported to tax officials, and appears on no records. One reason for the growth in recorded remittances has its origins in the global war on terrorism. To stop terrorist networks using informal transfer systems...
...widely assumed that new tariff cuts and the removal of trade barriers would substantially boost growth. Estimates of the size of that boost vary widely, from labor union economists, who say it would be minimal, to the University of Michigan, which figures a reduction of trade barriers by even one-third would increase global economic output by $574 billion a year...
Believe it or not, the imminent dissolution of one-third of our student government is no cause for alarm. The Undergraduate Council’s (UC) new motion to scrap the Campus Life Committee (CLC), one of the council’s three standing committees, is one that we heartily endorse. The CLC’s successes—Movie Nights and shuttles—have been outnumbered by their more costly failures. Moreover, the way committee choice is based on UC election results means that the CLC is at least partially staffed with students that aren?...
...which 18-year-olds could vote. This finding contradicted early reports after the election that turnout among this age group was much lower than expected. Caitlin W. Monahan ’06, co-chair of the group that conducted the survey, noted at the panel that more than one-third of this age group’s ballots were cast absentee, and were therefore not included in exit polls. Speakers said they had found that college students’ opinions and degree of political involvement are generally similar to those of their parents, and that students are very much...
GENDER BIAS IN THE ER Women undergo fewer diagnostic tests and are one-third less likely than men to receive invasive treatments, such as angioplasty, for acute coronary syndromes, according to a study of more than 12,000 patients in 28 countries...