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Harvest of hope

An economist believes that a five-year aid effort in a dozen villages across Africa can teach the world how to defeat poverty. Sarah Tomlin reports on the project's progress in Rwanda.

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Tomlin, S. Harvest of hope. Nature 442, 22–25 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442022a

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