Part of what drew me to Liberia was my interest in understanding best practices in international aid.   It's no secret that aid is often inefficient at best and ultimately counterproductive at worst.  Unlike others, I do not believe that this unfortunate fact is a justification to throw the baby out with the bath water.  I believe that there is a role for assistance, and if my path takes me in that direction, I want to know how to do it well.  I knew some of the mistakes that these org...

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I've been blogging when I travel for years now, but I felt it was important for me to have a separate blog dedicated to my experience in Liberia this summer.  Though I won't take off for Monrovia for over a month, there's already a lot to say about why i chose this internship, how it fits into my overall career goals, and what exactly I'll be doing there.  Not to mention the people I'm already connecting to and the meetings I'll be having in San Francisco in the coming weeks.  So with that, D...
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