Contemporary Africa-China and Corruption: Challenge or Curse?

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1966, speaker Jim Friedlander joined the Peace Corps and was stationed in Malawi. Thus began a half century international career. He was legal advisor to Malawi’s Foreign Ministry, followed by stints with the World Bank, Citibank, and international law firms, large and small. He has lived for extensive periods in the D.C. area, Nairobi, Moscow. and now London He has worked directly in 25 African countries as well as in the Soviet Union/Russia and Eastern Europe. Jim has worked as both a lawyer and banker and served on the boards of a listed bank and a listed mining company. He is currently on the board of a renewable energy company. During this semi-annual trip to the States, he will join other 1966 Malawi volunteers in Florida.

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