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1. Here’s how technology is changing refugee lives in exile.
By David Lepeska in the Wilson Quarterly
2. Google has billions of customers. It’s time they offered customer support.
By Mark Lowenstein in Re/Code
3. Development aid is best spent in poor, well-governed countries. That isn’t where it goes.
By the Economist
4. Could genetically-modified mice help control Lyme disease?
By Ike Swetlitz in STAT
5. The World Bank is right to stop labeling most countries “developing.”
By Charles Kenny at Zócalo Public Square
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