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...children remain out of school in India, many kept to work at home or in the fields. India's shocking 64% literacy rate lags far behind that of its neighbor China and bodes ill for its long-term development. New Delhi plans to pump $38 billion into the education sector over the next five years, but the government has much to deliver as it tries to reconcile India's vast social inequities. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, of modest origins himself, knows the struggle is worth it: "I am what I am because of education...
...that aid - especially focused on the killer diseases, like HIV/AIDS or malaria - saves lives and has a real impact. Where it is right, is that aid alone won't relieve Africa's poverty and underdevelopment. But good governance, the rule of law and a climate that welcomes solid private-sector investment can and will...
...said Regan Turner, who was recently accepted to the Kennedy School after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine captain. “The students represent every previous career imaginable from myself being a military officer to people who worked in the non-profit sector...
Each of the nine women who left Harvard Business School went on to join the faculty at other business schools or enter the private sector. Several are now tenured or up for tenure...
While the president's role is largely symbolic, the holder can veto government legislation. Lech Kaczynski infuriated the Tusk government several times by blocking legislation including health sector reform. (See pictures of the Buffalo, N.Y. plane crash...