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Madonna starts school construction in Malawi, High Heels

Madonna broke ground in Malawi yesterday, planting a tree on the site where a $15m girls school — funded by the music superstar — is to be built in the coming months. Events like these beg the question: What is the most efficient use of money for poverty alleviation? Wouldn’t it have been better to divert the money used on Madonna’s (and her entourage’s) flight to build a better, or even other schools? And why would you wear stilettos to a construction site?

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