All Blog Posts
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.
| Title | Author | Publication Date | Content | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making Fitness a Habit | Susan Dubas | Jul 28, 2022 | You already know that exercise is good for you. Countless studies highlight the benefits of regular physical activity. It prevents disease, improves mental health, decreases the risk of falling (something... | Read More |
| Conservation of a World Heritage site (Abiseo Park) and public forest land in the Province of San Martin, Peruvian Amazon | Kevin Cleaver and Maria Nikolov | Jul 28, 2022 | We retired from the World Bank in 2006. We purchased and currently own a farm located immediately next to Peru’s Rio Abiseo National Park. This Park is one of three... | Read More |
| Mapping Carbon Neutrality from Words to Deeds | Miguel Schloss | Jul 28, 2022 | Who would have thought that after 30 years since the UN Convention on Climate Change, the gap between the agreed goals, and delivery on them remains so wide, and that... | Read More |
| THE UKRAINE TRAGEDY IS NOW GLOBAL: Impact on food security | Nadim Khouri | Jul 1, 2022 | On June 3, 2022, the 1818 Society Thematic Group on Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD TG) hosted a presentation on the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on food security.... | Read More |
| Hiking El Camino de Costa Rica | Kathia Coupry and Hugh Sloan | Jul 1, 2022 | In April of 2022, nine of us set out on a 10-day hiking trip on El Camino de Costa Rica, from the Caribbean sea to the Pacific Ocean. The entire... | Read More |
| Comity: Multilateralism in the New Cold War. | Frank Vibert | Jul 1, 2022 | Recently I gave a webinar to an 1818 Society audience on my new book ‘Comity; Multilateralism in the New Cold War’, (Edward Elgar. 2021). The book addresses the critical new... | Read More |
| Pricing the Urban Water Supply Service to Please (almost) Everybody | Alain Loccusol | Jun 1, 2022 | Pricing the urban water supply service is a complex exercise that aims at achieving competing objectives. Cost recovery. Piped water has some characteristics of a private good to be preferably... | Read More |
| The Art Market at Times of Global Uncertainty | Andrés Solimano | Jun 1, 2022 | We live in uncertain times: the world is emerging from the main effects of the Covid-19 pandemic but is affected now by the Ukrainian war, rising inflation, slower growth and... | Read More |
| DIG DEEP: Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming | Diana Corbin | Jun 1, 2022 | When I tell someone I have completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, they ask: WHAT is that? WHY would anyone do such a thing? HOW did you do... | Read More |
| Social Development in the World Bank | Scott Guggenheim | May 3, 2022 | “To give you an idea of how it felt then while trying to bring anthropology’s message to a rather agnostic and sceptical professional group, I recall a story from the... | Read More |
| A Passion for Home-made Bread | Mark Woodward | May 1, 2022 | In retirement I have become passionate about baking naturally fermented bread with freshly milled, whole grain flour. When I retired some 6 years ago, I had very concrete plans, none... | Read More |
| Food for All | Uma Lele, Manmohan Agarwal, Brian Baldwin, and Sambuddha Goswami | Apr 8, 2022 | Our book arose out of several mutually reinforcing concerns: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were unlikely to be achieved by 2030, given the slow rate of decline in poverty and hunger.... | Read More |
| The Urgent Need to Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now! | Alan S. Miller | Apr 7, 2022 | I was privileged to work on climate change issues in the World Bank Group for 16 years, from 1997 to 2014. Since I retired, climate change has become a critical... | Read More |
| Volunteering: A Life’s Inspiration | Mavee Park and Mike James | Apr 6, 2022 | Secrets 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 British man, once said, the secret to a long... | Read More |