Asia
Educating India: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
A 10-year survey of elementary education reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of India’s education system. Since 1996 much has improved yet teaching quality remains abysmally low, it seems. And privatization is an illusory solution.
Regulating Education in India: How Much?
The WSJ says that Indian universities are suffering from overregulation. But what is the solution? To have it withdraw or to hold the government accountable? One is easy, the other an essential part of a working democracy.
In Defense of Democratizing Iraq
There is a fine line between promoting democracy – and imposing it. The failure of the latter effort should not be viewed as a rejection of the former.
Inequality, Globalization, and Economic Growth
YaleGlobal’s Bardhan suggests China and India’s poverty reduction miracle may have less to do with economic growth and globalization than previously thought.
Reflections on China, Lessons for India
Over the past 2 weeks I traveled to Taiwan, Hangzhou and Shanghai. The trip was ostensibly a vacation, but I met enough people in government and business – that I knew before or ran into in random bars, airports, and planes – that I managed to achieve the real purpose of the trip: establish for [...]
