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It Takes a School, Not Missiles

nytimes.com — Greg Mortenson has spent less than one-ten-thousandth as much as the Bush administration to help fight terrorism in Pakistan. Instead of blowing things up, he builds schools.

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  • AxmxZ, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Microlending and local outreach will in the end do a lot for the Third World poor. More than any centrally-implemented building or aid projects, probably. As my economics teacher used to say: "You don't need the Aswan dam. You need a goat."
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