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Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Cohen & Bloom	Cultivating Minds Educating all the world's children well is not only urgent but also feasible within the next few decades.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Eric A. Hanushek	Why Quality Matters in Education For the U.S., education can boost economic growth, but simply spending more money is seldom the answer.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Baldacci et al.	What Does It Take to Help the Poor Spending on education and health can boost human capital in poor countries and help them reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but only if governments are held accountable.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Wu, Kaul, & Sankar	The Quiet Revolution How India is achieving universal elementary education.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Nicholas Barr	Financing Higher Education Higher education reforms in Britain and lessons from economic theory may provide a useful framework for other countries.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Sperling & Balu	Designing a Global Compact on Education International development discussions are often locked in a debate over whether money or reform is most critical to achieving universal basic education. The reality is that both are essential.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Jamison & Radelet	Making Aid Smarter How donor support for primary education can be made more effective.
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Laura Wallace	Picture This Report Card on Primary Education Children everywhere are spending more years in school than ever before but positive global trends in educational participation mask large disparities between the world's richest and poorest countries.
Smithsonian June 2005 Charles Petit	Hazy Days in Our Parks The air in many national wilderness wonderlands is getting worse. As officials debate controversial new rules to curb pollution, scientists find the sources are surprisingly far-flung.
Smithsonian June 2005 Jonathan Kandell	Cross Purposes Mexican immigrants are defying expectations in this country-and changing the landscape back home.
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