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Alok is a former Global Envision intern who studied at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He grew up in Lalitpur, Nepal. He loves to play cricket, hike, and explore new places on foot. His favorite novel authors are Jhumpa Lahiri and Alice Munro.

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Recent Posts

Feb 2, 2010 - African Cotton Farmers Hurt by Subsidies
Jan 21, 2010 - Climate change makes living conditions worse in cities
Dec 23, 2009 - Black Men Struggle to Find Jobs Amid Recession
Dec 18, 2009 - Fighting Climate Change with Artificial Glaciers in Ladakh
Nov 17, 2009 - Dairy Cows Fight Terrorism in Fallujah
Oct 8, 2009 - Bhutanese immigrants face up to realities in the Land of Dreams


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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:23
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.
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