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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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
TBWOTY
We had the first annual sibling-cousin shin dig last weekend. A.k.a. The Best Weekend of the Year. It was so fun! We met in NYC. I got there early so I had a day with Dr. Baby Brother. I cooked him a bunch to have in his freezer for when he was too busy to cook. Don't want him losing weight!
We didn't do a whole lot, but we ate good food, talked and laughed in various locations like the Met, FAO Schwartz, The Strand etc. I soaked it all up and felt happy to have such great family (& significant others). I was pretty exhausted the whole weekend from the busy week before, the red eye flight, and general lack of sleep. Yesterday was rough, coming back to freezing temperatures (literally, it's 2 degrees and we're in the middle of an 8 inch snow storm. no snow day.) I rallied hard with no second coffee, no nap, and a trip to the bike at the gym.
In other news, I went to a Conference for Women in International Trade yesterday. Only so-so. The talk I really wanted to hear was canceled, but there were still some other interesting talks.
I also discovered and bought new music by a South African guy, Vusi Mahlasela. It's beautiful. Have a listen:
River Jordan
We didn't do a whole lot, but we ate good food, talked and laughed in various locations like the Met, FAO Schwartz, The Strand etc. I soaked it all up and felt happy to have such great family (& significant others). I was pretty exhausted the whole weekend from the busy week before, the red eye flight, and general lack of sleep. Yesterday was rough, coming back to freezing temperatures (literally, it's 2 degrees and we're in the middle of an 8 inch snow storm. no snow day.) I rallied hard with no second coffee, no nap, and a trip to the bike at the gym.
In other news, I went to a Conference for Women in International Trade yesterday. Only so-so. The talk I really wanted to hear was canceled, but there were still some other interesting talks.
I also discovered and bought new music by a South African guy, Vusi Mahlasela. It's beautiful. Have a listen:
River Jordan
Sunday, December 5, 2010
preferential trade agreements
I think things are finally coming together on this last paper, after much agonizing and sleepless nights. Really, this has by far been the hardest intellectual challenge.
The breakthrough thought? I realized what I am arguing is not that preferential trade agreements are asymmetrical. Everyone knows that and it's actually a good thing they are (sort of an affirmative action for developing nations). What I really am arguing is that there is also asymmetry in the promulgation of preferential trade agreements. This Asymmetric Promulgation is what's dangerous and bad. It means countries enter into trade agreements that aren't good for them economically (the agreements don't address issues important to developing countries and the agreements are likely to be signed under political pressure or for non-trade reasons).
Dorkiest post ever. I'll stop now before I tell you about how pretty my tabs are.
The breakthrough thought? I realized what I am arguing is not that preferential trade agreements are asymmetrical. Everyone knows that and it's actually a good thing they are (sort of an affirmative action for developing nations). What I really am arguing is that there is also asymmetry in the promulgation of preferential trade agreements. This Asymmetric Promulgation is what's dangerous and bad. It means countries enter into trade agreements that aren't good for them economically (the agreements don't address issues important to developing countries and the agreements are likely to be signed under political pressure or for non-trade reasons).
Dorkiest post ever. I'll stop now before I tell you about how pretty my tabs are.
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