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Stephen Downes

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This item speaks for itself. "The contrast between rhetoric and reality is staggering," the report said. "Development groups and the United Nations estimated that $5.6 billion in additional aid is needed to ensure that children in poor countries get a basic education, equating it with just three days of global military spending." Or less than ten percent of the cost of a certain war that has been in the news lately.

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