EDUCATION REPORT – July 11, 2002: School Vouchers By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The United States Supreme Court has made an important decision about American ed

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The United Nations is giving food vouchers to poor families in Burkina Faso who have access to private sector markets, but can not afford higher food prices there. The innovative program is alsp helping local shopkeepers. This is the first time the

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Giving a family a school voucher doesn't guarantee a child a better education. We're about to hear how Milwaukee's African-American community has been struggling with this. The city has the nation's longest-running publicly funde

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The United Nations reports the number of people affected by torrential rains and floods in West Africa has increased dramatically. The United Nations estimates(估计) 600,000 people have been affected and around 160 killed. Senegal, Burkina Faso, Gh

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The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) and the mobile telecommunications company Vodafone are piloting a project that will allow shopkeepers in Burkina Faso to manage food vouchers by text message. The World Food Program and The Vodafone Foundation, a d

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By Jessica Berman Washington 01 April 2008 For the past 50 years, the development of new drugs to treat tropical diseases that affect nearly one billion people has languished because it has not been profitable for drug manufacturers in the West. But

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