I was amazed during one of my dates when the young woman asked me if everything I plan goes the way I planned. I was surprised because I always thought, hey I planned and why shouldn’t go the way I planned. Obviously, this is my idealism cashing in but I have always believed in Winston Churchill when he said that the empires of the future are in the minds of men and  the idea that the future belongs to those who imagine it.

The Changing Times: The World From 1990-2000

The purpose of this investigation is to empirically investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Bostwana and Zambia with economic growth being seen through an expansion in trade as well as Gross Domestic Product for the respective countries from 1990-2000. The motivation for the investigation of the presence of foreign investments and the relationship they have to economic growth is a result of debates within the field of economics regarding the role that foreign investments play in a economy. Scholars have explored the topic with some focusing on statistical evidence ( 0L’ 1922, Hou 1965) while others provide the theoretical frameworks through which foreign investments have been viewed( Rothgeb 1996).

 Starvation: The Role of Agri-business

 The Red Dragon; The Attack Of Asian Capital  in American CapitalMarkets   

In the early days of African discovery soldiers, missionaries, and explorers led the way towards the attempted understanding of and preceding conquest of Africa. This push came from the world powers of the day in Western Europe - now we see a new wave of settlers moving in on the African continent. However, this exodus should not be a surprise. Lured by the increase in wealth, property, and life style, Chinese migrants are starting new lives in Africa. Approved by the Beijing government, the migrants are involved in agriculture reform, construction (which is a huge Chinese business in Africa), and trade.

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Policy Proposal by: Alex B. Hill

Problem Statement
International development is a vast and complex issue. With over 18 million people dying each year from the lack of development assistance in health infrastructure something new needs to be done. Within the US there is a trend that foreign aid dollars are coming more from private NGOs and nonprofits as opposed to official government agencies. For so many years international development was tackled in simplified single-issue campaigns, which only created any effect in the short-term. This can be attributed to the fact that most Americans have a limited worldview. Most Americans have not traveled internationally, especially to developing countries. Therefore international development issues remain remote and abstract to most Americans. International development is a long-term issue. It is inherently complex and difficult to understand. There is no single enemy, and outcomes are rarely clear-cut or translatable through numbers.

From the When not in Africa. . . blog.

Poverty: a state of being extremely poor; inferior in quality or insufficient in amount; our generation's greatest problem; the world's worst disease; a trap. The definition of poverty is one that is not difficult to grasp, yet so many do not understand how or why it plagues our world of riches. Our world is plagued by poverty and, contestably, Africa is the hardest hit due to it's historical status of being relegated to unimportance. While poverty continues to take lives day after day the power wielding countries, institutions, and agencies argue over a solution. That solution is called development. Leaders, institutions, philanthropists all argue as to how development should be facilitated, what the best facilitator is, and how aid should be implemented. Is aid the best facilitator of economic development to bring an end to poverty?

Join a community of folks like Ruben Vogt, a Young People 4 fellow who founded CYnergy Fellowship, and won the Brower Youth Award in 2006.

The Brower Youth Awards are looking for outstanding youth leaders.  People representing varied backgrounds, communities, and visions for environmental & social justice.  Individuals ages 13-22 with the power and persistence to create lasting change.  

The Brower Youth Awards honors six young people annually for their outstanding work in their communities.  Each winner is awarded $3000 and brought to the San Francisco Bay Area for a week of media and public outreach, leadership support, bonding with the other award recipients, and a scenic camping trip.  And to culminate the week's activities, the six individuals will receive their awards at a 900-person awards ceremony, followed by a public reception.

Past winners have protected Native sacred sites from development, restored wetlands in their communities, supported youth leadership development, coordinated student networks pushing for a clean energy future, and more.  Their impact doesn't stop there.  They continue as environmental & social change agents, writers, visionaries, and speakers, supported by Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative.  Join them.  Apply today for the 2007 Brower Youth Award.  http://www.broweryouthaward.org