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Lila Wade works as a Global Envision intern. She enjoys researching and writing about international development and political economy as well as traveling and learning languages. Lila is a recent graduate from Lewis & Clark College with a degree in International Affairs and a minor in Economics. While studying she spent a semester overseas in Africa. There she lived with people from an array of different cultures and conducted a research project on family planning in Olasiti, Tanzania. Lila hopes to continue work in international development by volunteering both domestically and abroad before attending graduate school.

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Recent Posts

Nov 2, 2010 - War and Development: Do They Mix?
Sep 16, 2010 - Cheap Insurance Brings Big Benefits
Sep 1, 2010 - To Aid or Trade?
Aug 24, 2010 - Global GDP
Aug 17, 2010 - China Takes Number Two Spot
Aug 6, 2010 - Defunct Tax System Harms Pakistan's Poor
Jul 21, 2010 - Dire Unemployment in Spain, but No Disaster Yet
Jul 6, 2010 - Can Tampons Prevent Poverty?
Jun 29, 2010 - A Glimpse into Afghanistan's Past
Jun 24, 2010 - Drug Violence Derails Mexico's Economic Recovery


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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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