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Leah Hazard is a Program Assistant for Mercy Corps in Portland. She graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a BA in International Affairs and Economics minor, studying abroad in Botswana and Ecuador and traveling throughout Southern Africa and South America. She's an ardent proponent of trivia night, weekend brunches, Global Sistergoods and fantasizes about a future trip planned from Cairo to Cape Town.

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Recent Posts

May 16, 2008 - Coming to America: Bangladeshi-Style Banking
Apr 23, 2008 - Southern Africa Refuses Chinese Arms
Apr 18, 2008 - South America Weathers the Economic Storm
Apr 11, 2008 - Chinese Say No to French Goods
Mar 20, 2008 - Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
Mar 18, 2008 - From Migrant to Migration Expert
Mar 11, 2008 - Microfinance Part of a Bigger Picture
Mar 6, 2008 - The Apprentice, Kenyan Style
Feb 29, 2008 - Possible Changes Ahead for Cuba
Feb 29, 2008 - Gross Inadequacies in Afghani Education


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Rising energy costs eroding Asia's competitive edge

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:10
Much of Asia's export-based economic miracle has been predicated on cheap transportation and energy, but with oil at $140 a barrel the sums increasingly don't add up.

Weather plays larger role in global fuel prices

Yale Global Online - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 21:00
As the world grows more reliant on crops like corn and palm oil for its fuel supply, it is becoming vulnerable to the many hazards that can damage agriculture, ranging from droughts to plagues to storms.

Agriculture needs green growth

All Africa - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 03:54
Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm.

Bush asks for help, abroad and at home, in sending aid to Africa

New York Times - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 22:15
President Bush called for Congress to renew his global AIDS initiative and urged other nations to live up to their promises to fight poverty and disease on the continent.

Egypt fights to stem rapid population growth

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 13:57
Since President Hosni Mubarak took office in 1981, the population has nearly doubled to 82 million people.
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