Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| CABLE TELEVISION RAISES WOMEN'S STATUS IN INDIA In India, access to private cable television increased the likelihood that a girl aged 6 to 10 years would be enrolled in school... |
| UK AMONG EUROPE'S WORST FOR CANCER FUNDING The United Kingdome lags behind nearly every other European country in cancer services and has some of the poorest survival rates... |
| WEALTHIER IS HEALTHIER Adopting economically freer public policies would increase the rate of economic growth in African countries, says Christa Bieker... |
| LET THEM EAT LAPTOPS One Laptop per Child may end up exploiting, not helping, the world's poorest children, says Daniel Ballon... |
| WHAT CAN THE UNITED STATES LEARN FROM THE NORDIC MODEL? Economic performance in Nordic nations is lagging and excessive government is the most likely explanation, according to report... |
| THE DEBATE OVER CANADA'S POVERTY LINE Since 1996, the overall poverty rate in Canada has fallen steeply, from 15.7 percent to 10.8 per cent in 2005... |
| MEXICAN LAND REFORM'S CONTRIBUTION TO MASS MIGRATION TO THE U.S. It will take decades for Mexico to undo the legacy of what became a crooked revolution, says Alvaro Vargas Llosa... |
| COUNTRIES BUYING COMPANIES "Sovereign wealth" funds could grow from their current total of $2.5 trillion to $12 trillion by 2015, predicts Morgan Stanley... |
| CHINA'S BILLIONAIRES BEGIN TO ADD UP The trigger for China's billionaire boom was the economic liberalization that began in the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping... |
| MIGRANTS LEAVE A HUGE WORLDWIDE MONEY TRAIL Migrants sent over $300 billion in remittances to home countries last year... |
