Sublime

What started as an unjustified preference against women resulted in women actually doing worse through no fault of their own, and this reinforced their inferior status.

He explained to us that he always bought the fertilizer in advance, because, like the Modimbas, he knew that money kept in the house would not be saved: When there is money in the house, things always happen, he said, and the money disappears.

A first factor is a focus on basic skills, and a commitment to the idea that every child can master them as long as she, and her teacher, expends enough effort on it.

“three I’s” problem: ideology, ignorance, inertia.

Tracking children is a way to do that.

L’enrichissement des élites et des banquiers n’a qu’une seule source : ils peuvent et veulent profiter des autres.

the income gap between white and black men with similar education has been growing and is now as much as 30 percent, more than that between the scheduled castes and the other castes in India.

Zolli promoted various projects that devote resources to helping people weather bad situations rather than to improving those situations.

First, there is no easy way of assessing the performance of most people who work for the government.