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Sachs succeeds Dwight H. Perkins, Burbank professor of political economy, who is stepping down after 15 years to resume teaching and research on development in East and South-east Asia.
"Jeff is one of the most outstanding economistsof his generation, and I look forward to workingwith him as HIID's new director," Perkins said.
"HIID plays a vital role at Harvard, both inbuilding links among different disciplines and instrengthening the University's efforts to addresscomplex problems in the larger world," Carnesalesaid. "I am extremely pleased that Jeff Sachs willbe bringing his extraordinary talents and energiesto the leadership of HIID, and I am very gratefulto...
But even now, progress is uneven. Though Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are booming, rural Vietnam--where most of the country's 73 million people live--is largely destitute. Half of Vietnamese children suffer from chronic malnutrition. The country's remarkably high literacy levels-among communism's proudest accomplishments...
The Virgin Islands Daily News of St. Thomas won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism -- the most prestgious of the annual journalism awards -- for its reporting on the links between the region's crime wave and corruption in the criminal justice system. Coverage of crime poverty, illiteracy and...