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Maloy Lecture: USAID Administrator Talks Promoting Longevity

Maloy Lecture: USAID Administrator Talks Promoting Longevity

By Lily Coulter February 29, 2024

A surgeon and global health administrator delivered the annual Maloy Distinguished Lecture in Global Health, hosted Feb. 20 by the Georgetown University Science, Technology and International Affairs program. The...

VIEWPOINT: Advocate and Care for Moroccans

VIEWPOINT: Advocate and Care for Moroccans

By Badre Rachidi October 13, 2023

In the wake of a devastating earthquake that shook Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, the world was exposed not only to a natural calamity, but also to the state of impoverished Moroccan communities who...

USAID Administrator: Inclusivity, Partnership Key to International Development

USAID Administrator: Inclusivity, Partnership Key to International Development

By Noelle Cook November 11, 2021

Making U.S. foreign aid more accessible, equitable and responsive is the top priority for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) moving forward, USAID Administrator Samantha Power said...

ROCHELLE VAYNTRUB FOR THE HOYA | Slow economic growth has made emerging African economies skeptical of Western markets, economist Dambisa Moyo said.

Chinese Growth Model Appeals to African Nations, Economist Says

By Victoria Liu March 22, 2019

Developing countries have less incentive to model their economies after the United States and allies following the success of China’s economy amid global stagnation, according to international economist...

GU EVENTS
William McDonough, architect and environmental activist delivered the keynote speech at an event entitled 
GU EVENTS
Rethinking Plastic: Answering a Global Call to Action. He discussed the impacts of sustainability at Georgetown with leaders of environmentally focused organizations on campus.

McDonough Proposes Sustainable Manufacturing Model

By Olivia Eggers September 7, 2018

The survival of the global economy and the future health of the environment depend on manufacturing multi-use goods that produce less waste, argued architect and sustainable development leader Bill...

India’s Modern Money

India’s Modern Money

By Mercy Radithupa January 20, 2017

On Nov. 8 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetized India overnight, announcing that the old 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee notes from the Mahatma Gandhi Series would be obsolete except for a few...

Mystic Benefits

By The Editorial Board February 26, 2016

In September 2015, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ted Leonsis, owner of the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, announced plans to construct a $56 million sports...

Grant Funds Research in East Africa

By Matthew Riley February 26, 2016

Georgetown University will expand its research on mobile money in East Africa and its effect on the Kenyan and Ugandan populations after receiving a $3.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Rethinking “Sleep When You’re Dead”

By Erika Cohen Derr and Amanda Carlton January 23, 2016

Visit the Center for Student Engagement in 316 Leavey and you will find that our intentions for Georgetown students are very clear. The emblem on the wall says it all: “Be Inspired. Get Involved. Stay...

A Critical Look at Inclusive Growth

A Critical Look at Inclusive Growth

By Sarah Santos July 17, 2015

There has been lots of buzz these days about inclusive growth and wealth redistribution. So much so that even a humble intern like myself feels the need to grapple with such big issues. It’s come up...

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Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony Blair talked development in Africa in Gaston Hall Thursday.

Blair Talks Global Governance

By Kristen Fedor April 24, 2015

Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony Blair discussed the importance of implementing effective governance and the role of the international community in African development...

WORLD BANK
Joel Hellman, the World Bank chief institutional economist, will assume the deanship of the School of Foreign Service on July 1.

Hellman Chosen To Lead SFS

By Katherine Richardson and Kshithij Shrinath April 17, 2015

World Bank Chief Institutional Economist Joel Hellman was selected as the new dean of the School of Foreign Service, blending experience in academia and development practice to steer the school into...

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