And In the News..... IDBAmerica Scolarship Competition
IDBAmerica, the magazine of the Inter-American Development Bank, invites University students in Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in the third IDBAmerica Scolarship Competition by submitting a research article. The competition is open to post-secondary students between the ages of 18 and 30 currently residing in one of the IDB's borrowing countries. The original article should be no more than 1500 words and must describe a successful initiative (in the country of residence) dealing with a problem in the fields of health, education, violence, environment, corruption, employment, governance or any other economic or social field. Furthermore, the initiative must be run by a local or national government agency, private companies, non-governmental organizations, civic or religious groups. Submission deadline is December 15, 2006.