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Aug 22, 2006
Who is Generous? (Government Edition)
The Netherlands placed first in this year’s Commitment to Development Index, a ranking of governments’ development efforts.
Aug 10, 2006
Can Africa Learn to Share Its Wealth?
South Africa is the continent’s largest, most diverse economy. Yet unemployment remains at about 30 percent, and rising interest rates and a weak rand are challenging growth. The root problem, say experts, is that South Africa has one of the world’s most unequal divisions of wealth.
Aug 08, 2006
HIV & AIDS: The South African Case
What happens when a drug exists and is available in sufficient quantities at no or low cost but the patient won’t take it? This is the question addressed in Tina Rosenberg’s New York Times Magazine article published this past Sunday on the HIV/AIDS.