But Afghanistan's reform programs aren't well-funded, structured or particularly effective, analysts say.
With nearly 1.2 billion users, Facebook has begun to prove that its ads on smartphones and tablets are effective, analysts say.
Maybe because there was not enough awareness…not enough people knew…It was weak and then there was nobody that was really pushing it…It wasn't enforced, it was not really effective (Political Analyst 4, Female).
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A lower dose, he said, should solve the problem and still be as effective, though analysts cautioned that this remained to be seen.
But the Indian-American community has not always been very effective, political analysts and Indian-Americans say, often content with photo opportunities and lunch invitations with politicians rather than victories on issues like immigration or trade policies.
The new visa regulations, which went into effect last summer, limit mainland officials to just one trip every three months, and for no more than seven days, and have been highly effective, gambling analysts and scholars say.
There are at least a few health-focused poverty programs that have an even stronger record of cost-effective results, analysts say, including distributing bed nets to halt the spread of malaria and deworming.
"You have got to have a strong balance sheet in order for a public offering to be effective," said Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with the research firm IHS Global Insight.
"Pancreatic cancer is extremely tough to treat, and there was some hope on the part of some people" that Erbitux would be effective, said Brian Rye, an analyst with Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia.
That ability to separate her public and private lives is what makes her an effective politician, friends and analysts say.
