They came, they saw, they passed
Economists Paul Glewwe, Albert Park and Meng Zhao believe so. In a recent paper they describe how offering poor youngsters glasses at no price led to vastly improved educational outcomes. The 3 researchers studied the final results of a government-sponsored&nbsp…
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We can&#39t aid coming back
In the course of the military intervention of France in Mali January 2013, officials in Paris have been at pains to emphasise the physical exercise&#39s modest ambition. “France can intervene only in an exceptional moment, for an exceptional and restricted period”, stated President&nbsp…
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