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Bree is a former Global Envision intern who studied finance, international economics, and French at Portland State University. Bree loves to read, cook, hike and above all — travel.

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Recent Posts

May 4, 2009 - Lost your NYC job? Become a street vendor
Apr 24, 2009 - Shaping a New Syria
Mar 30, 2009 - The Food Crisis Continued
Mar 5, 2009 - Economic Crisis Fueling Social Unrest
Feb 18, 2009 - Are Women Becoming America's Breadwinners?
Feb 9, 2009 - In Search of Water
Jan 29, 2009 - Seeing the Poor as Customers
Jan 16, 2009 - Social Workers Getting to the Roots of Debt
Dec 19, 2008 - Fading Funds for the Unemployed
Dec 7, 2008 - Cheap Oil Isn't Good News for Everyone


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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
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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