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Despite the reality of Harvard’s fiscal situation hindering the progress of plans in Allston, during this past week the potential for expanding the arts in the neighborhood has resurfaced. The Silk Road Project, a nonprofit arts and educational organization created by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76, announced that it will move its headquarters to a Harvard property in Allston this coming July...
...that accentuates this change. The track also boasts an interesting rhythm, one with a sense of momentum brought on by the Apples’ careful use of enjambment: “But my / Body’s still moving,” Schneider sings, “When our / World is so confusing.” “No One in the World” also employs enticing rhythmic and dynamic variation, tricolon decrescendos slipping downward, followed by a tonally heightened resolution with quickened sixteenth notes. But even with these variations, the track’s trajectory remains flat...
Additionally, the World Bank has emphasized that “social norms transformation is the key to fighting petty corruption.” To really change the way the system works, countries need to change the attitude that corruption is an expected feature of interaction with government. And as a recent Boston Globe story notes, game theory models have shown that it only takes a few actors demanding honesty to fundamentally change a corrupt system...
...creating and distributing “zero-rupee notes” to citizens across India; when asked for a bribe, individuals hand over a zero-rupee note instead. This efficient and cheap initiative has already met considerable success in fighting bribery. Further anti-corruption efforts in the developing world should emulate the zero-rupee note’s strategy of addressing the social norms underlying corruption; such efforts will be more effective than initiatives that have aimed to combat corruption through structural adjustments...
...small, symbolic act of refusing to bribe in the same manner as thousands of other people has emboldened many individuals in India and thus anti-corruption advocates throughout the developing world. Whether taking the form of a zero-currency note or uniforms without bribe-holding pockets, innovative measures to reduce corruption can remove some of the final shackles that are holding back the growth of developing countries. As the zero-rupee note program shows, a devoted group of individuals with creative ideas does not need a large budget or major political supporters to change the economic culture of a country...