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* *** Title: The Case for Women

*Author: *Simon Johnson Date: June 27, 2013 Source: NY Times

*Abstract: *In an incisive speech on Monday, Heidi Crebo-Rediker, the chief economist at the United States State Department, challenged the I.M.F. to understand that women are central to the process of economic growth and development – and to place this fact at the center of how it interacts with member countries.

*Link:* http://nyti.ms/14wZjOY