SIA alum to speak about development in developing countries
Date & Time: April 01, 2015 | 08:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Location: Lewis Katz Building 116
Fawad Sultani is a 2014 grad of SIA, currently working in Afghanistan as a Program Implementation Coordinator with the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. Sultani will present on current policy challenges in developing countries as part of the Penn State School of International Affairs' spring colloquium (INTAF 590). Sultani's visit is co-sponsored by SIA and the Center for Global Studies.
Retired U.S. Ambassador and SIA professor Dennis Jett organizes the semester-long event to bring thought leaders on topics from food security to terrorism. The program features 14 speakers and the topics vary depending on the current issues of the day. The lectures are open to the public and made available via webcast.
The course surveys some major transnational social problems confronting the world, such as: climate change; communicable diseases; conflict and arms proliferation; access to education; financial instability; governance and corruption; malnutrition and hunger; migration; sanitation and access to clean water; and subsidies and trade barriers.