How do you scale this whole thing up to a billion people," The project's main aim is to help improve the delivery of inefficient public services and cut corruption, which the government admits results in siphoning off benefits intended for the underprivileged.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

That has prompted a call from the French government for these universities to institute new admissions procedures favoring underprivileged students.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02