Center for Development Economics Brings Rich Diversity to Williamstown

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected]

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., June 23, 2009 — From the Bolivia to Zambia, this year 24 international students came to study at the Center for Development Economics (CDE) at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. At the college’s June Commencement, they were awarded master’s of arts degrees in development.

The program, which began in 1960, provides students with a thorough understanding of the development process, emphasizing analytical techniques helpful to policymakers. The result is an effective mix of theory and policy application that enables students to be more objective in their home environment.

This year’s graduates and their home countries:

Salman Ahmed, Pakistan
Yassmin Ossama Anwar Badawy, Egypt
Giorgi Barbakadze, Georgia
Mamadou Dioulde D. Barry, Guinea
Ama Blankson-Anaman, Ghana
Willis Kaumba Chipango, Zambia
Ansan Dav, Cambodia
Anton Dolgovechny, Belarus
Carlos Alberto Echazu, Bolivia
Sherein Nabil Hussein Fahmy, Egypt
Ha Tu Anh, Vietnam
Mayan In, Cambodia
Jeremiah T. Jargbo, Jr., Liberia
Wilson Kamali, Rwanda
Asma Khalid, Pakistan
Kohilamulla Arachchige Ramya Kanthi, Sri Lanka
Rose Kuteesa Kugonza, Uganda
Erhanfadli Bin Mohd Azrai, Malaysia
Ivan Murenzi, Rwanda
Gelardina Prodani, Albania
Mohammad Ismail Rahimi, Afghanistan
Bayasgalan Rentsendorj, Mongolia
Arshad Riaz, Pakistan
Tithokoze Carolyn Samuel, Malawi

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Published June 23, 2009