Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Why the heck not?

I'm working on a research project on bilateral trade agreements. I've been trying to figure out this one genre of provisions and can't find much information. I did find one report that was spot-on. The authors' contact information was listed in the article ... so, I figured, Why the heck not?, and took it upon myself to e-mail the authors for more information and advice. What's the worst that could have happened, that they never write me back?

Ha! Within less than a day Mr. Senior Associate from the World Bank, in Zambia, and I are having a back-and-forth e-mail trade (no pun intended)! Does he know it's just young, inexperienced, little ol' moi at the other side of these e-mails? I haven't lost his attention yet, so I'll take that as a high compliment.

Put yourself out there, people. It's kind of fun.

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