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Jess Reichard is an International Politcal Economy and Religion major at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. She spent the fall of her Junior year studying Muslim communities in Western Europe, where she traveled to France, Switzerland, Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Turkey. She hopes, after much future traveling and completion of her undergraduate degree, to attend law school and become a human rights lawyer. Outside of her love for travel and advocacy, Jess is a self-admitted baking addict who hopes to someday own her own bakery-book-yarn-store in Vermont. Yes, Vermont.

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Recent Posts

Aug 27, 2009 - Obama's Sunny Stimulus Succeeds
Jul 29, 2009 - In Norway, It Pays to be Boring
Jul 15, 2009 - High Density Urban Growth: Not Just for Buildings Anymore
Jul 15, 2009 - UPDATE: Returning to Swat Valley
Jul 10, 2009 - In Equatorial Guinea, Recession Has Little Impact
Jun 23, 2009 - Still Getting Nickel and Dimed
Jun 17, 2009 - A New Green Revolution in India?
Jun 4, 2009 - The Economic Fallout From Pakistan's Taliban Troubles


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For India’s Newly Rich Farmers, Limos Won’t Do

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 00:48
Land acquisition for expanding cities and industry has created pockets of instant wealth, creating a new economic caste in India: nouveau riche farmers.

Africa Could Join High-Speed Science Network

All Africa - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 12:45
African science ministers are hoping to extend a high-speed fiber optic network — currently linking Egypt to the northern hemisphere — to other countries in Africa.

Vision for Africa

Daily Nation - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 12:30
Africa’s economic future and the challenge of uniting people and nations drew eminent politicians and scholars into a historic public debate in Nairobi on Thursday.

'Quiet Corruption' Hurting Africa's Poor

San Francisco Chronicle - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 09:22
A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fueling "quiet corruption" throughout Africa that is disproportionately hurting the continent's poor.

Industrial Output Up; Hopes For Factories Grow

NPR - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 08:45
Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February, beating expectations and marking the eighth straight monthly increase.
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