Rachel Wood

Rachel Wood is a McCourt School Master of Public Policy student. Prior to attending Georgetown, she worked on U.S. aid and trade policy reforms to benefit emerging markets for the Initiative for Global Development and managed executive operations for the microfinance organization Unitus. Most recently she coordinated consumer marketing for the city of San Francisco. She earned her BA from the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle and now owns more raincoats than reasonably necessary.

“Cashgate” Shakes Malawi and Donor Confidence

By Rachel Wood Three gunshot wounds helped launch the discovery of a massive corruption scandal in Malawi that has shocked this small landlocked country in southern Africa. While the news of corruption has led to government upheaval and suspended foreign aid, it may have no effect on tourism. Lonely Planet, the travelers’ Bible, recently named […]