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...decades it has been the Muslims of southern Thailand?one of the country's poorest regions?who have felt marginalized and persecuted. Although they form the majority here, they own less than 30% of the region's businesses. Unemployment forces tens of thousands of men across the border to work in Malaysia's rubber and fishing industries, despite a Thai government affirmative-action program to boost Muslim numbers in certain professions. Allegations of abduction, torture and other abuses by elements of Thai security forces have fueled Muslim resentment. Some analysts believe that unidentified Islamic separatists, inspired by the global jihad...
...recent interview that in each class of approximately 1,650 students, there is an average of 250 students who come from families with a household income of less than $60,000. That means that less than 15 percent of Harvard students come from the lower three income quintiles (the poorest 60 percent) of households...
...Chinese exports of those goods leaped nearly 200% from their 2001 levels, while Sri Lanka's exports dropped more than 50% and Bangladesh's fell 46%. If history repeats itself, millions of people could be thrown out of work in some of the world's poorest and most politically volatile countries?and in the richest as well. On Oct. 12, a coalition of U.S. textile manufacturers and labor groups, claiming that thousands of American jobs might be lost after quotas are lifted, petitioned Washington to impose trade restrictions on imports of Chinese-made trousers, cotton shirts and other goods...
...condition that the savings be channeled into health care, agricultural development and free primary education. Over the past few years, debt relief has been touted by everyone from Irish rock star Bono to boxing champ Muhammad Ali as one of the best ways to help lift the world's poorest countries out of poverty. According to the World Bank, even nations in the hipc program - which was extended last week - pay on average more than 12% of their revenues each year to creditors from the developed world. Loan repayments often exceed spending on health care and education, and governments continue...
...HIPC initiative would cost about $2.3 million a year, a small sum compared to the $50 billion in annual aid flowing to the developing world. Eclipsing both sums, the official adds, is the $300 billion a year the developed world spends on agricultural subsidies, money that locks the poorest countries out of the international marketplace. While Western governments offer aid and debt relief with one hand, they're taking away Africa's best chance at self-sufficiency with the other. Uganda has tried to tackle the problem head on. The Ministry of Finance has advised the government to cap borrowing...