The notion that Africa's emerging middle classes need more exposure and more encouragement is entirely correct.

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He saw in the Alpha course a way to draw in the young middle classes whose only exposure to the Gospel came at school and smart weddings.

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They also need to be firm that innovative private sector solutions like Public Private Partnerships and other fully private sector-based investments must be advanced to drastically reduce the exposure of particularly middle income Americans from the high costs of these projects.

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In theory, this strategy gives middle-aged plan members longer exposure to upward movements in the stockmarket, while safeguarding them against the risk of a sudden market fall.

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While small banks in Middle America have little, if any, direct exposure to Europe, no one is itching for a repeat of the 2008 crisis emanating from across the Atlantic.

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