Biden’s historic approach to child poverty

And evidence from — surprise! — Bangladesh suggests it’ll help America. 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Hooray! [My column argues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-KnP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMy8xMC9vcGluaW9uL2JpZGVuLWNoaWxkLXBvdmVydHktYmFuZ2xhZGVzaC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMzExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3OTMyJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUzMTgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgSKddSWDvtyeqUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that what’s most thrilling and historic about it is that it creates a serious push to cut child poverty in America by half. [My column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-KnP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMy8xMC9vcGluaW9uL2JpZGVuLWNoaWxkLXBvdmVydHktYmFuZ2xhZGVzaC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMzExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3OTMyJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUzMTgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgSKddSWDvtyeqUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) looks to a place that may surprise you for evidence to back the Biden approach: Bangladesh. I remember when Bangladesh was a byword for hopelessness. The country was born in genocide in 1971 and soon collapsed into famine. Henry Kissinger referred to it as a “basket case.” Yet that “basket case” is now hailed by the World Bank as an inspiring success for its fight against poverty. It has enjoyed an economic growth rate in recent years faster than China’s. It has a life expectancy longer than in 10 counties in Mississippi. Population growth has been slashed, with the average woman having just two children. How did Bangladesh do this? It wasn’t that it had good leaders. But it invested in education, especially girls’ education, and today it has more girls in high school than boys. All those educated women helped create the country’s garment industry and filled the ranks of outstanding aid organizations like Grameen and [BRAC](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-KnP0SuaHR0cHM6Ly9icmFjdXNhLm9yZy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAzMTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9Mjc5MzImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTMxODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmBIp11JYO-3J6pSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Bangladesh educated its most marginalized citizens and hugely raised their productivity and opportunity, and the whole country soared. There’s a lesson there for the United States. 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In Afghanistan and Pakistan and elsewhere, we focused on providing security with military means — and we haven’t been terribly successful. But one lesson from around the world is that if you educate girls and bring those educated women into the labor force and civil society, extremism abates. If Pakistan had invested in girls’ education as Bangladesh had, it might be a more stable country today. The same is true of Yemen and Oman. We don’t hear much about Oman today because it’s peaceful, but in the mid-1960s it was more backward than Yemen. Girls weren’t allowed to be educated at all. Now Oman is highly educated, with many women holding positions, while Yemen did not empower girls and is wrestling with civil war and is on the brink of famine. I wish American foreign policy tried to promote security not just with bombs but also with girls’ education. A Pandemic of Violence Against Women The World Health Organization [reported](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-KnP4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndoby5pbnQvbmV3cy9pdGVtLzA5LTAzLTIwMjEtZGV2YXN0YXRpbmdseS1wZXJ2YXNpdmUtMS1pbi0zLXdvbWVuLWdsb2JhbGx5LWV4cGVyaWVuY2UtdmlvbGVuY2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAzMTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9Mjc5MzImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTMxODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmBIp11JYO-3J6pSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) this week that one in three woman worldwide has suffered physical or sexual violence from a domestic partner, or sexual assault from someone else. In some countries, a majority of women have suffered such violence. 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Now it would be unthinkable even to ask that question. The improvement is in part a result of the Violence Against Women Act, which helped end impunity for domestic violence in the United States. It was allowed to lapse in the Trump administration, but now there’s a new push to resurrect it. Visit a women’s shelter in the U.S. and talk to women who have been terrorized by their ex-husbands or ex-boyfriends, and you don’t doubt that the law must be revived. Peeing While Disabled Readers weighed in with lots of reactions to [my Sunday column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-KnP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMy8wNi9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9wdWJsaWMtdG9pbGV0cy11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAzMTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9Mjc5MzImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTMxODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmBIp11JYO-3J6pSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) about the shortage of public restrooms in America and what we can learn from other countries. One reader, Greg C., made an additional point: “The problem of lack of public restrooms pales in comparison to the lack of access for disabled individuals. Many of us cannot even gain access to a building much less enter a restroom. The American Disabilities Act has been law for 30 years yet we still have buildings which lack access …. You present the need to pee as such an inconvenience. Try getting around in a wheelchair or using a walker or cane in this country. Believe me it is much worse.” A Coming War Between Sudan and Ethiopia? I’ve written in a [previous newsletter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-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) about the brutal ethnic cleansing and rape by Ethiopian troops in the Tigray region of that country. It’s particularly sad to see unfolding under an Ethiopian leader, Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize and was acclaimed for his good work. But the situation could get worse. 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There is an added danger that Egypt would back Sudan and that Eritrea would join Ethiopia. This is a war that would be a humanitarian catastrophe for all, and I hope the Biden administration will do all it can to defuse the tension and warn the parties to stand down. Next: A Universal Flu Vaccine? I had a long conversation the other day with one of the world leaders in vaccines, and while it was on background, there were some elements worth sharing. On the hopeful front, the advances in vaccine technology have been so enormous that there is a better prospect of developing a universal flu vaccine (which would work on all influenzas, including a particularly deadly one like the 1918 influenza, and wouldn’t have to be reformulated each year. For decades, a universal flu vaccine has been a Holy Grail in public health because of the chance that it could prevent a 1918-like catastrophe. On the grimmer side, there is some possibility of the coronavirus developing variants that are far worse than those we have seen so far, variants that would make vaccines far less effective. For that reason, we should a.) work on anti-viral medications as a backstop; and b.) accelerate vaccinations in the developing world so that there isn’t a reservoir of virus out there to nurture mutations that create more variants. Students, Grill Me! The Echo Foundation has created a cool [online curriculum](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiK-KnP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNob3NvY2lhbGp1c3RpY2VhbmRtZWRpYS5vcmcvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMzExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3OTMyJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUzMTgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgSKddSWDvtyeqUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) around my work — and it is inviting students to submit questions that I’ll answer in a student dialogue. 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