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"The family is the cornerstone of society. More than any other force it shapes the attitudes, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the...

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China’s exports have increased from approximately $20 billion in 1980 to around $400 billion in 2004. From the book, the End of Poverty

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"We are downstream from society’s problems. …We need to go upstream and figure out why people are ending up in the water (in the first place). We know the answer to that question. People are ending up in the water because hopelessness drives them...

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In Malawi, 84% of the population lives in rural areas; in Bangladesh, 76%; in India, 72%; and in China, 61%. In the United States, at the other end of the development spectrum, it is just 20%. Services account for under 25% of employment in Malawi, whereas in the...

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