The economy is in crisis, and they don't care; they have become Zen about debt, having been impoverished, if trust-fund-less, since they got out of college at the beginning of the millennium, a time of tragedy and war and turmoil, their entire 20s devoured by someone they refer to only by a twangy iteration of his middle initial.
This was ill-fated because "[t]he fatal flaw of such populism is that no single group of local citizens -- mainstream or marginalized, affluent or impoverished -- can be trusted to have the best interests of society or the environment in mind when they evaluate a planning proposal".
Though political authority may have finally been democratized here after the end of military rule 20 years ago, economic power remains in the hands of a small Europeanized elite that the impoverished Indian majority does not trust.
That said, it if can't handle a little FedEx abuse, how's it going to survive war zones, impoverished countries, and misuse by trust fund babies?
This paper documents Sesame Workshop India Trust's work in impoverished communities in Mumbai with regard to the provision of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) services.
"We're going to be able to present a case," Mr. Cooley added, "about a child from the Islands, from an impoverished background, taken in by and trusting fully a 10-year military veteran who acted as his father and ultimately as his commanding officer.
But after that, it needs to be invested in a way that will help you meet your personal goals (as in setting up college trusts for your kids) or your altruistic ones (as in setting up college trusts for someone else's impoverished kids).
For the impoverished, predominantly minority residents without medical insurance, transportation or trust in the health care system, life takes another path.
Others said it would take years to regain Afghans' trust in the still-nascent commercial banking sector in this impoverished, war-weary country.
