Foreign Aid: Will More Money Help the Poor?October 3, 2008 at 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Foreign Aid: Will More Money Help the Poor? Logistics and Real Problems. Presented by Miho Ihara, Gustavus Class of 1998. Following graduation from Gustavus in 1998 as a self-designed Peace Studies major, Miho earned an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. She has worked extensively in developing countries to help develop primary infrastructure and provide related services in order to facilitate economic and social development as well as to enhance ongoing poverty reduction efforts. Her experience includes working directly for the World Bank in Washington, DC; residing in Vietnam on a long-term basis and managing donor-funded infrastructure development projects on behalf of a large international engineering firm; and conducting extensive social impact assessment fieldwork in remote areas of Timor-Leste. She currently resides in Canada, where she is employed as a Senior Consultant by CPCS Transcom Limited. She is returning to Gustavus as the recipient of the First Decade Award. Refreshments will be provided.