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...
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...
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...