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The bottom line is, the women's situation [in Japan] is not going to improve until you address more fundamental equity issues. September 10, 2013, Mireya Solís, Los Angeles Times
The bottom line is, the women's situation [in Japan] is not going to improve until you address more fundamental equity issues.
The emerging markets [are] largely viewing monetary policy in advanced economies as causing problems for them and the advanced economies are basically taking the position that the emerging markets are chronic complainers. September 3, 2013, Eswar Prasad, Los Angeles Times
The emerging markets [are] largely viewing monetary policy in advanced economies as causing problems for them and the advanced economies are basically taking the position that the emerging markets are chronic complainers.
Syria might still come up, but it won't dominate the G-20 agenda as it might have had there been a military strike. September 2, 2013, Angela Stent, USA Today
Syria might still come up, but it won't dominate the G-20 agenda as it might have had there been a military strike.
We’ve really seen considerable progress in getting more girls into school over the past two decades. In fact, the gap between girls and boys has been narrowing considerably. Today, of the 57 million children of primary school-age not in school, 53 percent are girls. It’s still more than 50 percent, but that number is closing. August 26, 2013, Jenny Perlman Robinson , Camfed
We’ve really seen considerable progress in getting more girls into school over the past two decades. In fact, the gap between girls and boys has been narrowing considerably. Today, of the 57 million children of primary school-age not in school, 53 percent are girls. It’s still more than 50 percent, but that number is closing.
South Africa has been good to [Zimbabwean President Robert] Mugabe because he was good to them in the darkest years of that country’s long freedom movement. I don’t think they would ever call for diaspora voting rights because they know it would work against Mugabe and he would see it as direct opposition. July 31, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Christian Science Monitor
South Africa has been good to [Zimbabwean President Robert] Mugabe because he was good to them in the darkest years of that country’s long freedom movement. I don’t think they would ever call for diaspora voting rights because they know it would work against Mugabe and he would see it as direct opposition.
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June 20, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Witney Schneidman and Haroon Bhorat
Aid agencies tend to jump in to help countries, duplicating efforts and complicating matters for governments that have limited capacity to deal with so many organizations. June 15, 2013, Laurence Chandy, Reuters
Aid agencies tend to jump in to help countries, duplicating efforts and complicating matters for governments that have limited capacity to deal with so many organizations.
A lot depends on what you do with the investment you attract. [If Ghana sells bond after bond so it can build a string of gold-plated palaces, not so helpful. But if, after Nigeria updates its GDP, foreign investors fly to Lagos to meet up with the app designers at Pledge 51, that's clearly a good thing.] That's one of the good examples of where this can have a positive impact. May 31, 2013, John Page, National Public Radio
A lot depends on what you do with the investment you attract. [If Ghana sells bond after bond so it can build a string of gold-plated palaces, not so helpful. But if, after Nigeria updates its GDP, foreign investors fly to Lagos to meet up with the app designers at Pledge 51, that's clearly a good thing.] That's one of the good examples of where this can have a positive impact.
Unless growth goes through the roof, it is not possible to maintain the trend rate of poverty reduction with so many fewer individuals ready to cross the line. May 30, 2013, Laurence Chandy, The Economist
Unless growth goes through the roof, it is not possible to maintain the trend rate of poverty reduction with so many fewer individuals ready to cross the line.
[A large group of people are currently hovering near the $1.25-a-day poverty line.] It is a dismal reflection of human progress, but it also has an upside. The potential for further poverty reduction over the immediate future is there for the taking. May 9, 2013, Laurence Chandy, Washington Post
[A large group of people are currently hovering near the $1.25-a-day poverty line.] It is a dismal reflection of human progress, but it also has an upside. The potential for further poverty reduction over the immediate future is there for the taking.
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