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...provincial governments has uncovered a system in crisis: poor financial management, a lack of administrative skills and inability to deliver services. With 85% of the population living outside of Honiara, repairing this situation is crucial - and delicate. "The rural people have not felt the real ramsi program," says John Stephenson, the 31-year-old premier of southeastern Makira province. "Most initiatives are centralized," he says. "Sometimes the line of responsibility between the national government and provinces is not clear. Managing resources and exercising authority in my own community is difficult...
...there. So we're seeing youths gather with nothing to do, and that can lead to street crime and drug and alcohol abuse. Kwaso is becoming a huge issue in the provinces, and it's leading to domestic violence and major and minor assaults." Makira's youthful premier Stephenson bemoans that loss of potential. "Our greatest need is education," he says. "We don't have enough teachers. Most of those we do have are untrained, and facilities are at a low level. It means the quality of the students we produce is poor." Reuben Buarobo, who comes to Honiara...
...Neal Stephenson...
Superintendent Alan D. Bersin ’68, Judge Merrick B. Garland ’74, Professor Helen M. Blau, business executive Ann M. Fudge and venture capitalist Thomas F. Stephenson ’64 won alum elections and will each serve six-year terms on the 30-member board...
...Stephenson is a partner in the Silicon Valley venture capital company Sequoia Capital. After Harvard College, he graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1966 and Boston College Law School...