Issues in Conflict, Development and the Environment
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
inauguration madness
I'm very happy to have been at the Washington Monument yesterday to watch the inauguration of Obama. It looks like there were some satellites watching as well.
Here's my view of the capital building.
And here's what the exit was like. I don't think I've ever seen so many people.
It was 15 degrees Fahrenheit, and we stood for 4 hours, but it was worth it.
I am a consultant with the World Bank in DC and a recent PhD graduate of economics at the University of California, Irvine. My research is on conflict and post-conflict development, and the economic impact of the environment and environmental change. I am currently working on a randomized impact evaluation for the World Bank in the post-conflict area of northern Uganda.
>> If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
>> One of Einstein's colleagues asked him for his telephone number one day. Einstein reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. "You don't remember your own number?" the man asked, startled.
"No," Einstein answered. "Why should I memorize something I can so easily get from a book?"
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