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Why we all wanted to believe what Greg Mortenson was selling.  Read the full article here.

By , a senior partner at Tabadlab, an advisory services firm.
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Why we all wanted to believe what Greg Mortenson was selling. 

Why we all wanted to believe what Greg Mortenson was selling. 

Read the full article here.

Mosharraf Zaidi is a senior partner at Tabadlab, an advisory services firm. He worked in Pakistan’s National Reconstruction Bureau from 2001 to 2002. He helped design higher education reforms in 2002 and served as principal advisor to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013.

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