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Meg Kowalik has been an intern with Global Envision since January 2008. She is currently a student at Lewis & Clark College, majoring in International Affairs. Originally from upstate New York, she has also lived in New Zealand and Switzerland. A rower and a cellist, she harbors a passion for photography and independent music.

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National Public Radio
The New Yorker
Freakonomics
International Relations and Security Network
Chr. Michelson Institute
Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE)
International Crisis Group
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
World Politics Review

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Recent Posts

May 9, 2008 - Poverty Amid Progress in Peru
May 6, 2008 - Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Remittances
May 1, 2008 - Mining the Congo
Apr 22, 2008 - Declining Dollar Hurts Remittance Recipients
Apr 17, 2008 - Taxing Financial Markets to Aid the Poor
Apr 11, 2008 - Short-Term Crises, Long-Term Hope
Apr 8, 2008 - A Fix for Afghanistan's Drug Problem?
Apr 1, 2008 - Measuring Development By Person, Not Place
Mar 11, 2008 - An Answer to Food-Based Fuels?
Mar 11, 2008 - Making a Bad Situation Worse?


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Zimbabwe: Inflation Rockets to 231-Million Percent

All Africa - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 08:24
Zimbabwe's annual inflation raced to a record 231-million percent in July, up from 11,2-million percent the previous month, deepening a severe economic crisis, official figures showed on Thursday.

Africa: Going Bananas to Fight Poverty And Hunger

All Africa - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 07:30
Arguably one of the world's most popular fruits, bananas are poorly marketed as a value-added commercial crop in Africa. But that is about to change as a plan is being conceptualised to transform the way Africa produces and sells bananas.

Global Markets Dive in Relentless Selloff

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 06:48
Global investors looked to leaders meeting in Washington for coordinated action to end the financial turmoil on Friday as stocks plummeted again around the world.

The Stunning Collapse of Iceland

Business Week - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 06:30
Home to just 304,000 people, tiny Iceland is emerging as the biggest casualty of the global financial crisis.

Don't Cut Aid to Africa, AU Head Pleads to World

The Epoch Times - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 11:44
The chairman of the African Union urged the world not to slow aid to the world's poorest continent. Experts say that while Africa is relatively insulated from the global credit crisis, there could well be a negative effect on investment, remittances and aid flows from abroad.
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