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Evan is a former intern with Global Envision who studied international affairs at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR, where he was also a pitcher on the Lewis and Clark baseball team. During college, Evan traveled to Havana, Cuba, where he studied for three and a half months. Evan is originally from Boulder, CO and enjoys hiking, skiing, climbing and anything else that involves being outside and in the mountains.

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Recent Posts

Aug 21, 2008 - Can you taste it?
Jul 31, 2008 - How many energy-efficient lightbulbs does it take to make England green?
Jul 22, 2008 - Reforming a Revolution
Jul 12, 2008 - Water Makes the World Go 'Round
Jun 25, 2008 - With the Slums in Tow
Jun 18, 2008 - Fueling Hunger
Jun 3, 2008 - Condemning humanitarian organizations at the U.N. Food Conference?


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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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