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For 75 years the World Bank has been one of the developing world’s main sources of cheap finance. Its aid arm, the International Development Association (ida), distributes roughly $30bn a year to 78 ...

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If pediatrician Kiran Martin had the same objectives as some of her fellow medical students in India, she might now have a lucrative practice in the United States. But Martin’s focus is on the slums ...