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Early Japanese photo exhibit opens, runs through Sept. 27

Early Japanese photo exhibit opens, runs through Sept. 27

June 22, 2015

The photo exhibition "From Artistry to Ethnography in Early Japanese Photographs" has opened in the Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse in the CGIS South Building. The exhibit is on display in conjunction with the publication of The Journey of "A Good Type": From Artistry to Ethnography in Early Japanese Photographs, by David Odo, who also served as the curator of the exhibit.... Read more about Early Japanese photo exhibit opens, runs through Sept. 27

La diversificación de la producción, una clave para crear riqueza

June 21, 2015

Marcela Escobari, Tim Cheston in Page Seven

"Bolivia has had impressive growth in recent years, imports have grown, consumption has grown 5% annually are the best numbers in Latin America, but most of that growth has come by the growth in gas and minerals. That creates an unsustainable growth if there is continued investment in exploration, "says the director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University, Marcela Escobari.

The CID (the acronym) deals, among other...

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La diversificación de la producción, una clave para crear riqueza

June 20, 2015

Tim Cheston, Growth Lab research in Pagina Siete

"Bolivia ha tenido un crecimiento impresionante en los últimos años, han crecido las importaciones, ha crecido el consumo, 5% anual son los mejores números en Latinoamérica, pero la mayoría de ese crecimiento ha venido por el crecimiento en el gas y los minerales. Eso crea un crecimiento poco sostenible si no hay continuas inversiones en exploración”, afirma la directora del Centro para el Desarrollo Internacional de la Universidad de Harvard, Marcela Escobari.

El CID (la sigla en inglés) se ocupa, entre...

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Three MaP Students Placed in Top Fifteen of 2015 De Beers English Olympiad

Three MaP Students Placed in Top Fifteen of 2015 De Beers English Olympiad

June 19, 2015

The Center for African Studies is pleased to announce that three Maru-a-Pula (MaP) students - Vamika Sinha, Tawanda Mulalu and Nandini Kochar - have ranked in the top 15 of the 2015 De Beers English Olympiad. This prestigious English Language and Literature competition takes place annually and receives over 7000 entries from high schools throughout South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique. Maru-a-Pula is the only school in this year's competition to place three candidates in the top 15.

All three students have been invited to the National Schools Festival in Gramhamstown from...

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Championing Environment, Francis Takes Aim at Global Capitalism

June 18, 2015

[The New York Times ]...“I respect what the pope says about the need for action, but this is out of step with the thinking and the work of informed policy analysts around the world, who recognize that we can do more, faster, and better with the use of market-based policy instruments — carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade systems,” Robert N. Stavins, the director of the environmental economics program at Harvard, said in an email.

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