<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299419012376314781</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:33:47.634-07:00</updated><category term='central africa'/><category term='purpose'/><category term='development'/><title type='text'>Ubuntu</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globaldevelopmentissues.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6299419012376314781/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globaldevelopmentissues.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>annogus</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8UWh8CcWsjc/TP_P4EhFvoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/DrkyPgx3ErM/S220/IMG_9480.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299419012376314781.post-7728693269702095343</id><published>2009-02-16T10:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T10:54:14.251-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purpose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central africa'/><title type='text'>Statement of Purpose</title><content type='html'>I want to explore how I feel about development issues. I want to write about development theories- (Modernization, Dependency, World Systems, Marxist, etc.), the history and future of imperialism, and possible avenues for successful development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to focus specifically on Central Africa. I am planning on spending an extended period of time there in my life, but I want to know more about the specific economic, social, and historical context of the countries there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6299419012376314781-7728693269702095343?l=globaldevelopmentissues.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://globaldevelopmentissues.blogspot.com/feeds/7728693269702095343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://globaldevelopmentissues.blogspot.com/2009/02/statement-of-purpose.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6299419012376314781/posts/default/7728693269702095343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6299419012376314781/posts/default/7728693269702095343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://globaldevelopmentissues.blogspot.com/2009/02/statement-of-purpose.html' title='Statement of Purpose'/><author><name>annogus</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8UWh8CcWsjc/TP_P4EhFvoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/DrkyPgx3ErM/S220/IMG_9480.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
