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Member blogs include thematic articles of 600-800 words on books or research by members, or human interest stories by members. To submit a thematic blog write to the relevant TG chair; for human interest blogs write to 1818society@wbgalumni.org, with “Blog Proposal” in the subject line.
With the Boeing announcement of the last 747 rolling off the line in Everett Washington this week, I realized that it has …
>> Click HereFree trade is one of the few economic paradigms that unite economists of all ideological and political stripes: reduction of international trade …
>> Click HereEven after thirty years, there are still misconceptions about how the dollar-a-day standard used to measure poverty in the developing world came …
>> Click HereThe late 60’s had become a busy period for me. At the request of South American friends, I helped establish and then captain …
>> Click HereIn 2022, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on many occasions the need to strengthen global collaboration for tackling food insecurity, most notably …
>> Click HereThe trip was planned for 2020 as a following chapter to the Annapurna Trek. In one of the many updates of the …
>> Click HereI was born in Washington, DC, and I grew up in the DC metro area. I have loved and enjoyed this wonderful …
>> Click HereI never met my mother. She died of breast cancer when I was one year old. Throughout my life, I learned what …
>> Click HereOne morning before the crack of dawn, we stumbled bleary-eyed from our cave hotel, to be taken to the hot air balloon …
>> Click HereUkraine has already experienced how dangerous a nuclear power plant can be. In 1986, the world’s worst nuclear accident took place at …
>> Click HereWay back in July 2019, 30 some 1818 hikers and partners spent a week hiking in the Cotswolds. It was such a …
>> Click HereThis is a verse from a very popular Girl Scout song ‘Yes, We Can’: “Can a woman be a doctor? Yes, she …
>> Click HereYou land after almost 6 years at an airport and waiting at immigration, you know that you have come home! You enter …
>> Click HereIt started off as a lark and ended as the trip of a lifetime. During a high altitude hike to Nepal and …
>> Click HereIntroduction I wanted to go north to see how people live in the northern part of the North American continent under such …
>> Click HereYou already know that exercise is good for you. Countless studies highlight the benefits of regular physical activity. It prevents disease, improves …
>> Click HereWe retired from the World Bank in 2006. We purchased and currently own a farm located immediately next to Peru’s Rio Abiseo …
>> Click HereWho would have thought that after 30 years since the UN Convention on Climate Change, the gap between the agreed goals, and …
>> Click HereOn June 3, 2022, the 1818 Society Thematic Group on Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD TG) hosted a presentation on the impact …
>> Click HereIn April of 2022, nine of us set out on a 10-day hiking trip on El Camino de Costa Rica, from the …
>> Click HereRecently I gave a webinar to an 1818 Society audience on my new book ‘Comity; Multilateralism in the New Cold War’, (Edward …
>> Click HerePricing the urban water supply service is a complex exercise that aims at achieving competing objectives. Cost recovery. Piped water has some …
>> Click HereWe live in uncertain times: the world is emerging from the main effects of the Covid-19 pandemic but is affected now by …
>> Click HereWhen I tell someone I have completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, they ask: WHAT is that? WHY would anyone …
>> Click HereUpdated: February 1, 2023 The Bank’s first review of its expenses in relation to lending, conducted in 1955, centered on three graphs …
>> Click Here“To give you an idea of how it felt then while trying to bring anthropology’s message to a rather agnostic and sceptical …
>> Click HereIn retirement I have become passionate about baking naturally fermented bread with freshly milled, whole grain flour. When I retired some 6 …
>> Click HereOur book arose out of several mutually reinforcing concerns: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were unlikely to be achieved by 2030, given the …
>> Click HereI was privileged to work on climate change issues in the World Bank Group for 16 years, from 1997 to 2014. Since …
>> Click HereSecrets to a long life? Pick your poison or passion: from drinking whiskey, eating bacon(!), exercise, hanging out with friends,… As Ralph Burgess Tarrant, a 110yr old …
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