/isid/taxonomy/term/314/all en /isid/article/student-feature-nivatha-balendra <p>Nivatha Balendra is currently completing her final year at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, with a major in Physiology and minor in International Development Studies.</p> Wed, 15 May 2019 16:35:51 +0000 Latitude 1366 at /isid /isid/article/student-feature/student-feature-brenden-mckinney <p>Brenden McKinney is a former McGill student who majored in economics and took INTD 200 (Introduction to International Development) in Fall 2016. Brenden is the co-founder of Zua, a microinsurance initiative operating in Zambia since 2017. He has worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs and will be working at McKinsey in Washington, D.C. from April 2019. The following is an excerpt of an interview that Professor Kazue Takamura conducted with Brenden in Montreal in February 2019.</p> Wed, 15 May 2019 16:48:52 +0000 Latitude 1367 at /isid /isid/article/student-feature-marion-champoux-pellegrin <p>Marion Champoux-Pellegrin graduated from McGill in December 2015 with a Joint Honours degree in International Development Studies and Political Science. She received the Albert Hirschman Prize awarded by ISID for the Best Paper in International Development Studies. After graduation, Marion worked for Olympic Industries, in Dhaka, Bangladesh for three years. She is now on her way to work in Myanmar, where she will be looking for opportunities to build on experience in corporate sustainability and labour rights.</p> Mon, 13 May 2019 15:19:52 +0000 Latitude 1365 at /isid /isid/article/classroom-fieldwork <p>Zua is a non-profit organization that uses emerging technologies in microfinance and insurance to disrupt the cycle of poverty. Individuals who depend on agriculture in developing countries are vulnerable to a wide range of climate-induced risks that impede socioeconomic development. Those risks posed by weather can not only trap entire communities in a cycle of poverty, but can also impede farmers from taking risks and investing in measures that could increase their productivity and improve their socioeconomic status.</p> Thu, 16 May 2019 16:52:57 +0000 Latitude 1380 at /isid /isid/article/student-feature/classroom-fieldwork <h2>Salima Visram, BA International Development Studies</h2> <h3>The Soular Backpack</h3> Tue, 21 May 2019 18:16:30 +0000 Latitude 1387 at /isid