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October 8, 2012

Education
Policy Initiative Spotlight: Some HOPE for College Tuition

Having yet to take a finance or economics course, most high-school juniors and seniors could be forgiven for an ignorance of the principle of “return-on-investment” (ROI). However, the concept could …

The University of Georgia in Athens (Courtney McGough / Reuters).
Blog Post by Jonathan Masters Renewing America

March 28, 2013

Emerging Markets
Human Development, Inequality, and the BRICS

In South Africa this week a group of emerging nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa itself, known as the BRICs (the moniker given by Goldman Sachs in 2001), gathered to launch their…

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Blog Post by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Development Channel

May 21, 2013

Education
Three Things to Know About Child Marriage

http://youtu.be/E4186Ox6fwU Under current trends, experts predict that, by 2020, some fifty million girls will be married before they reach their fifteenth birthdays. In a CFR.org video today, which…

Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Women Around the World

May 21, 2013

Human Rights
Three Things to Know About Child Marriage

http://youtu.be/E4186Ox6fwU Under current trends, experts predict that, by 2020, some fifty million girls will be married before they reach their fifteenth birthdays. In a CFR.org video today, which…

Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Development Channel

December 10, 2013

Politics and Government
Ten Elections to Watch in 2014

Numerous countries will hold elections in 2014. Here are ten to watch. 

Voters line up outside a polling booth during the state assembly election last week in New Delhi, India. (Ahmad Masood/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge