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Taimi Arvidson is an intern for Mercy Corps in Portland. She is pursuing her B.A. at the University of Oregon in International Studies and Journalism where her major concentration is international development through communication and the media. She lived abroad in Finland in 2005 and has since traveled throughout Europe and Central America. In her free time she enjoys doing anything outside, from skiing Mount Hood to biking Eugene's pathways.

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http://www.irinnews.org/
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.cfr.org/
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/

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Recent Posts

Dec 29, 2008 - Bees Without Borders
Jul 25, 2008 - Village by Village
Jun 27, 2008 - Where would globalization be without outsourcing?
Jun 13, 2008 - Bring on the Revolution?
May 24, 2008 - Silk Road Reopens
May 3, 2008 - Turning (Food) Crisis Into Opportunity?
Apr 23, 2008 - Will India be the One?
Apr 16, 2008 - What Taiwan Could Teach Tibet
Apr 11, 2008 - Hunger's New Face
Mar 14, 2008 - India Halted in its Tracks


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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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