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Mar 13

Reflections on The 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries by Grace Spalding-Fecher (A23)

by heatherbarry

 As I sit at Hamad International airport waiting for my flight back to Boston, I reflect back on our time in Doha, Qatar for the 5th UN conference for the Least Developed Countries.

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Mar 07

Boston to Doha: On the Second Day of the UN LDC5 Conference by Ran Guo (A23)

by heatherbarry

It is the morning of the second conference day, and my mind is still echoing with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ call for a “new Bretton Woods moment” yesterday.

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Mar 07

Day Two: Reframing the Challenges by Saffiyah Coker (A24)

by heatherbarry

My favorite session of the U.N. LDC Conference day #2 was the session “Blending the Public and Private Sectors for Results in LDCs”. During day one of the conference, I attended a passionate Civil Society Forum that addressed the many shortcomings and disadvantages of the privatization of economies in LDCs.

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Dec 05
IGL

IGL Programs at Tisch College

by tuftsigl

In the summer of 2022, Tufts University made the decision to close the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) as a Provost-based institute and to transition its programs to the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.

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