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Almost a miracle: encouraging inclusive growth in India / Goswami, Samir; Lagon, Mark P

Lagon, Mark P	Journal Article
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2013.

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The free public elementary school is closer to ten-year-old Rita's home than the factory where she works ten-hour days instead of getting an education. Rita lives in Bawana, a slum on the northern edge of New Delhi that is home to more than one hundred thousand impoverished residents. In an effort to showcase a prosperous country to a global audience during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Indian government displaced thousands of poor people from their makeshift homes in the capital city's center to Bawana. In exchange, they were all promised access to good paying manufacturing jobs in the nearby factories through which they could lift themselves out of poverty and create a better life for their children.

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Globalization ; India ; New Delhi ; Traffic ; Commonwealth Games - 2010 ; Export Market ;
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Commonwealth news update / Gruenbaum, Oren

Gruenbaum, Oren	Journal Article
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2011.

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Britain's worst riots since the 1980s erupted in London and other cities; 10,000 extra police went on to the streets but it was three days before order was restored. India's preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth games were plagued by corruption and 15 times over-budget, auditors found. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram targeted the UN in Nigeria with a suicide bomb. The anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare won increasing support in his stand-off with the Indian government. A state of emergency was declared in Trinidad after a spate of drug-related murders. The Gambia's suppression of the media intensified with seven people facing the death penalty for distributing T-shirts criticising President Jammeh.

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Commonwealth ; India ; Britain ; London ; Anna Hazare ; Boko Haram ;
Commonwealth Games - 2010 ; Islamist Militant Group ; Jammeh

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