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James I Davison
Miscellanea
(Note: James left the World Bank in February 2010)
James' primary responsibilities on this blog lied in coordinating and producing content for it. He also helped manage the East Asia and Pacific region's Web sites for the World Bank.
James grew up in Iowa, in America’s heartland, and earned a journalism degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He started his professional career as a newspaper reporter, but quickly moved into the rapidly changing world of online journalism, working as Web editor for the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia. In 2008 he left the hills of the Mountain State for a new life Washington. He loves to travel when he can, enjoys playing tennis and rocks the mic at any karaoke night he can get to.
Latest Posts:
- Largest ever World Bank loan to Vietnam signals country's swift path to middle-income status
- Yet-to-be-released online mapping tool could make monitoring deforestation easy as Google
- Poll: Average citizens in China, Vietnam, Indonesia favor action on climate change, even if there are costs
- Vote for climate change story to be presented during Copenhagen conference
- China leads rapid growth of online audiences in Asia
- New Google feature lets users quickly search World Bank development data
- Innovative ideas to save the planet (and East Asia Pacific region) from climate change
- Submit questions on East Asian and Pacific economy for Nov. 12 online chat
- Growth in China continues to influence East Asia’s economic recovery, two new World Bank reports say
- Interactive climate change map shows what a warmer world could look like
