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Sep 8, 2013

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1. How effective has the Millennium Villages Project been? Here is a recent Op Ed in the NYT the Millennium Villages Project by Joe Nocerra, Fighting Poverty, and Critics. 2. Global Economic Growth Has Hit A Two-And-A-Half Year High 3. What Every U.S. Family Really Needs for a Minimum Living Standard … Computers have become…

Do Millennium Villages work? We may never know

Oct 15, 2009

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AidWatch: Do Millennium Villages work? We may never know … Imagine that you are a policymaker in a developing country, with limited resources at your disposal. What can you learn from the Millennium Villages? So far, not very much. Evaluations from the MVP give us a picture of how life has changed for the people…

How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest

Jun 18, 2008

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Christian Science Monitor: How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest The Millennium Villages Project is pricey. But it may hold answers to tackling the global food crisis. Sauri, Kenya – The dry months of April, May, and June were once equated with hunger for Agre Ranyondo and his neighbors in this community of 55,000…

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Do Millennium Villages work? We may never know

How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest