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...third annual conference sponsored by the Overseas Development Network (ODN) gets underway today at the Kennedy School of Government and will continue through Saturday afternoon...
...first, led by S. Shahaid Husain, vice president of the World Bank, focuses on the problem of taking cultural differences in account when formulating development strategies, said Kamal Ahmad '87-88' who founded the ODN in 1983 with his brother, Nazir Ahmad...
Despite attempts at downplaying the political side of its role, ODN has encountered some indigenous resistance to the idea of foreign students participating in local development work...
...explaining the goals of ODN, Chaudhuri says he was able to convince the development programs of the importance of American student internships. Ten agencies have agreed to take two interns apiece for next fall...
Chaudhuri says ODN is aware of the limited help which American students can provide and it seeks to emphasize the value of the experience as a way of raising consciousness in America about world poverty. "ODN's immediate aim is to expose students to poverty abroad...