Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 3 August 2015

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Graduating from destitution
Graduating from destitution THE poor do not just lack money. They are also often short of basic know-how, the support of functioning institutions and faith in their own abilities. As a result,...
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Low-cost private schools
Learning unleashed
Learning unleashed THE Ken Ade Private School is not much to look at. Its classrooms are corrugated tin shacks scattered through the stinking streets of Makoko, Lagos’s best-known...
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Turkey, America and the Kurds
Awkward allies
Awkward allies WHEN news broke of a deal between Turkey and America over Syria last weekend, it was welcomed as a game-changer. But it has speedily become clear that the agreement...
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Snow joke
China gets the 2022 winter Olympics
China gets the 2022 winter Olympics IN 2022 the Winter Olympics will be held in a place with no snow. On July 31st the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to Beijing, to be held in...
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Emerging markets
The bears growl
The bears growl IT TAKES some guts to be a bear about the sector you cover if you are an investment strategist. Generally speaking, strategists are employed by banks and banks are...
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