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Archive for June, 2009Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist in Ethiopia?Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Education, Environment, Income/Poverty | 9 Comments » by Charlie Teller, Bixby visiting scholar Teaching an entire semester’s graduate course in three weeks at the end of the academic year seemed a dubious task under normal conditions. But teaching it ... Read more..Demographic Forces at Work to Change IranMonday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted in Population Basics, Youth | 1 Comment » by Farzaneh (Nazy) Roudi, program director, Middle East and North Africa Iran’s demographic momentum is in favor of those who aspire for social and political change. According to the 2006 Iranian ... Read more..India’s Nano Off to a Slow StartFriday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty | No Comments » by Carl Haub, senior demographer Few automobile introductions have attracted more media interest that Tata Motor’s new “one lakh” car, the Nano. That’s one lakh, or 100,000, rupees, roughly equivalent to US$ 2,000. ... Read more.. |
