/isid/taxonomy/term/320/all en /isid/article/student-feature/student-feature-brenden-mckinney <p>Brenden McKinney is a former Æ»¹ûÒùÔº student who majored in economics and took INTD 200 (Introduction to International Development) in Fall 2016. Brenden is the co-founder of Zua, a microinsurance initiative operating in Zambia since 2017. He has worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs and will be working at McKinsey in Washington, D.C. from April 2019. The following is an excerpt of an interview that Professor Kazue Takamura conducted with Brenden in Montreal in February 2019.</p> Wed, 15 May 2019 16:48:52 +0000 Latitude 1367 at /isid /isid/article/classroom-fieldwork <p>Zua is a non-profit organization that uses emerging technologies in microfinance and insurance to disrupt the cycle of poverty. Individuals who depend on agriculture in developing countries are vulnerable to a wide range of climate-induced risks that impede socioeconomic development. Those risks posed by weather can not only trap entire communities in a cycle of poverty, but can also impede farmers from taking risks and investing in measures that could increase their productivity and improve their socioeconomic status.</p> Thu, 16 May 2019 16:52:57 +0000 Latitude 1380 at /isid