Jaclyn Selby

Articles

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The Respiratory Disease Capital of the World: What Guangdong Province May Mean for Health Policy in a Globalizing World

Guangdong Province in China is widely considered the primary point of origin for the Chinese Diaspora, as evidenced by the predominance of Cantonese–a Guangdong dialect–across the world’s Chinatowns. Unfortunately, this region is also the birthplace of many infectious diseases now posing a significant threat of global contagion, including SARS and more recently, the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

April 1, 2009
Jaclyn Selby
Public Health - March 2009

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A New Chance to Shine: Latin America’s Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama White House

One region that may prove surprisingly significant during President Barack Obama’s administration, despite eight years of relative neglect, is Latin America, which provides 30% of U.S. imports and is a nexus of critical allies. Obama stated his intention to increase the presence of the Foreign Service and Peace Corps, combat drugs via economic and social aid, and to meet face to face with Latin American leaders regarded as 'hard-line leftists.'

January 30, 2009
Jaclyn Selby
Outlook on 2009 - January 2009

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The Sound and The Fury: Why Opponents of the US-Colombia FTA Miss the Point

During a time of immense economic uncertainty, the free trade agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Colombia, one of America’s staunchest Latin American political allies, may prove the most contentious trade vote put to Congress this year.The worldwide pursuit of regional trade agreements, which knock down trade barriers faster than their complicated multilateral cousins, has been a high priority for the United States Trade Representative (USTR) during the Bush Administration. In light of this agenda, the US-Colombia FTA was ‘fast-tracked’ in 2003 as part of regional Andean negotiations including Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The bilateral agreement is considered to be particularly attractive to the US given Colombia’s roughly $463 billion GDP.

December 18, 2008
Jaclyn Selby
Free Trade Under the Microscope - November/December 2008