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International Development: Can A Helping Hand Heal a Broken World? - Couverture souple

Haack, Fred E.

 
9781412076289: International Development: Can A Helping Hand Heal a Broken World?

Synopsis

While reading this book you will follow in the footsteps of saints and sinners in economic development and listen to the voices of the heads of state who struggle to ease their countries into the modern age.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Fred E. Haack was born in 1932 in Vancouver, Canada. He studied at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Concordia University, Montreal; and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. From 1965-1967, Mr. Haack was guest lecturer in history at Akropong Teachers' College, (founded in 1830), Ghana, West Africa. He returned to Canada and joined the Canadian government, serving with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Industry, Canada and The Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada. During his twelve years in Africa as a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Haack managed Canada's development assistance programs in Tanzania and Zambia and initiated Canada's bilateral development programs to Egypt and The Sudan. His last posting was Accra, Ghana, where he held the rank of Counsellor with accreditation to Togo, Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia. He has served as a Trade Commissioner, International Trade Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and in 1991, returned to Ottawa to join the staff of the Export Controls Division of the Department Of Foreign Affairs And International Trade, Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Haack has published numerous book reviews and short stories on Africa. His novel, In the Land of the Talking Drums, has been described as perfect for one who loves reading with comforter and slippers before a warm fireplace on a stormy night. Mr. Haack is retired, lives in Victoria, B.C. and travels extensively, writing about international problems, the people he meets and the vagaries in life.

Présentation de l'éditeur

While reading this book you will follow in the footsteps of saints and sinners in economic development and listen to the voices of the heads of state who struggle to ease their countries into the modern age.

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