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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.
Why A $10 Laptop is Possible
India has announced a $10 laptop, and critics cry that it isn’t technically possible. But the Tata Nano has shown that what we can build is limited less by technology and more by our imagination and the assumptions that frame our world.
A Post-Mumbai Agenda I: Fixing Internal Security
Mumbai is a wake up call that offers valuable lessons on managing anti-terror operations. Before we look at “external elements,” the first step to be taken with resolve is to set our own house in order.
Analyzing Google.org Grants
This article presents an analysis of grantmaking by Google.org – just how does Google spend its philanthropic dollars? And what does that tell us?
Ecuador Grants Rights to Nature: A Breakthrough?
Ecuador’s new constitution grants nature legal rights and humans the ability to sue as proxies. Environmentalists hail this as a major step towards conservation. But is this anything more than a principle that is practically unenforcable and legally meaningless?
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.
Revisiting WFP’s Purchase for Progress
The WFP’s Purchase for Progress has been called an innovation in food aid that promises to raise farmers incomes too. Yet, as the CGDev points out, there are unintended consequences that have been overlooked. What is the impact on the local consumer?
Is It Time for Obama?
Perhaps it is the moment that will bring Obama victory. Let us hope that Obama will use it well.
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