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• Srour on Education, African Schools, and Building Tomorrow
  

  George Srour, founder of Building Tomorrow, a non-profit that builds schools in Uganda, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his experience starting, funding, and running an organization that tries to change the world one school at a time. Srour discusses how he tries to make sure that his organization accomplishes more than bricks and mortar and the rewards and challenges of a start-up non-profit.

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  Readings and Links related to this podcast

  Podcast Readings HIDE READINGS About this week's guest:
  • Building Tomorrow, George Srour's Home page
  About ideas and people mentioned in this podcast:
  Articles:
  • "Education", by Linda Gorman. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
  • "Milton Friedman". Biography. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
  Web Pages:
  • Building Tomorrow: Building a School. Photos of building a school by Kishor Knagula. Picasaweb.
  Podcasts and Blogs:
  • Easterly on Growth, Poverty, and Aid. EconTalk podcast.
  • Collier on the Bottom Billion. EconTalk podcast.
  • Hanushek on Educational Quality and Economic Growth. EconTalk podcast.
  • Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa. EconTalk podcast.

  Highlights