May 10
For those of you that don’t know, the Pew Research Center conducts surveys on public opinion (among other things) with the goal of providing information on the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and the world. One of their most recent publications as part of their Global Attitudes Project, the branch of the center that …
May 03
I consider myself a bit of a beer snob, shunning the classic college staple of Natty Light for the much more expensive—but much better—craft beers like Dogfish Head, Bell’s, and Devil’s Backbone, so when I came across an article about how craft brewing companies were improving Colorado’s economy it got me thinking. See, this article …
Apr 26
I find North Korea to be a fascinating case study; I’ve read books about peoples experiences there (for class and outside of class), watched documentaries, and followed news coverage on the country for years. So when I saw an article about tourism in the DMZ I knew I had to write about it! Kim Il-Sung, …
Apr 20
Este abril, la VI Cumbre de las Américas tuvo lugar en Cartagena, Colombia. La Cumbre no sólo trato una serie de temas, como el discurso de Shakira sobre la educación y el desarrollo infantil, sino que también dejo muchas preguntas sin resolver. Una de ellas es si Cuba debe ser invitada a la próxima Cumbre …
Apr 19
Last Saturday I attended Harvard’s International Development Conference (IDC) as a representative of the SISGI Group. The IDC is an annual conference organized by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Students from many different universities and many parts of the world (Latin America, Asia) were eager to hear from the experience of professionals and academics. …
Apr 18
This April, the Sixth Summit of the Americas was held in Cartagena, Colombia. Not only was an array of topics discussed at the Summit, including Shakira’s speech on education and early childhood development, but many questions were left unsettled. One of these is whether Cuba should be invited to the Summit next time around (held …
Apr 17
The week of April 12th I presented a webinar on Corporate Social Responsibility as part of the Institute for Social Change’s Research and Learning Series. The webinar followed the themes I presented in my post “What Kind of Change are Companies Really Trying to Make?”. Social responsibility and humanitarian activism have become new concepts explored in …
Apr 13
We often tend to make over-generalizations and over-simplifications in addressing global issues. My research area of water privatization has lead to many interesting questions, more so, than concrete answers. Partly, I think that these questions can lead to narrowing down policy decisions for more suitable results. What I’ve seen is that these over-generalizations can lead to …
Apr 12
Whenever I tell people that I’m an economics minor, I tend to get the same reaction: ew, why? There are a lot of misconceptions about economics out there; I’ve been told by various people that the subject is boring, that it’s too hard, that there’s too much math involved, that the professors are too dry, …
Apr 09
As stated in the 2012 version of the Index of Women’s Economic Opportunity, “women are the key driver of economic growth.” Research has shown that in the United States alone, women have added 2 percentage points per year to the overall economic growth. Similar or even better numbers have been seen in numerous countries all …
