World Bank Joins Fletcher Club for Presentation of Alumnus Richard Sullivan's Work, "You Can Hear Me Now"
Submitted by Colum Garrity on 16 March 2007 - 4:24pm.
Cover of Richard Sullivan's book"You Can Hear Me Now" -- posted on World Bank's internal communications website
March 16, 2007—The amazing growth of cellular telephone technology in poor countries and its potential to trigger further economic growth was analyzed at a recent discussion with Richard Sullivan, author of You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones Are Connecting the World’s Poor to the Global Economy. Tim Carrington, senior communications officer for the Africa Region, chaired the discussion.
Sullivan compiles the annual Wealth of Nations Index, a ranking of seventy developing countries. He told the story of the growth of cell phones with authority, as he has closely followed developments in the sector.
Despite Storm, Students Flock to D.C. for 2007 Career Trip
Submitted by arturoramos on 14 March 2007 - 1:44am.
German Ambassador Klaus SchariothFletcher students planning to attend the D.C. Career Trip, scheduled to begin on Valentine's Day, faced piles of snow and ice that snarled car and airline traffic alike. Despite the Valentine's Day storm, which was classified as a "major" or a Category 3 storm by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center, dozens of Fletcher students arrived from Medford to the nation's capital for the Fletcher School's annual D.C. Career Trip which took place on February 14-16.
This year's trip was highlighted by reception hosted by the Hon. Klaus Scharioth (F'74), German Ambassador to the United States at the Ambassador's residence on Foxhall Road.
