Thursday, April 9, 2009

Student Update: Laura Huley

Laura writes:

Greetings from the delegation of Mali working in the African Development Bank

So far, the delegation of Mali is working with the delegation of India, China, Italy, and Sierra Leone to suggest policy on foreign investment. India, China, and Italy are prominent trading partners and therefore our work with them is fitting and exciting so far. Since the agenda was set at 2, 1, 3 the delegations are expressing their relative views on intra-regional trade and many blocks are forming during caucuses.

India is trying to persuade Sierra Leone to shape the paper we will be working on to focus on agricultural development, but Sarah and I will be pushing for it to focus on industrial development and Agriculture. Cotton is our main agricultural export and we are already one of the leading exports of cotton in Africa. It is necessary to get foreign investment for our projects, such as the airport ‘Bamako-Senou’ that is what we will be working on.

This is all new, so it is very exciting (nervewracking)
-Laura

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