MPA-EPM Students: Learning outside the classroom, Spring 2018

MPA-EPM Student: Balarabe Hamma

Event: MPA-EPM Annual Washington D.C. Trip

Where: Washington D.C.

Date: January 7th to Janaury January 9th

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"The MPA-EPM Washington DC trip 2018 was an enriching, fun-filled and enlightening experience. It was great visiting the World Bank, the IMF, the Federal Reserve, the Lincoln Memorial, and meeting SIPA/MPA-EPM Alumni. Thanks to the MPA-EPM office for coordinating this career boosting opportunity".

Balarabe Hamma is from the Central Bank of Nigeria. He is a recipient of the 2017-2018 a Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholar program through MPA in Economic Policy Management’s partnership with the World Bank.

MPA-EPM Student: Ryota Sugiyama

Event: “Impact Investing in East Africa: turning Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) into Market Leaders”

Where: SIPA 

Date: January 16th 

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"RENEW Strategies is an impact investment and advisory firm that manages and serves the Impact Angel Network, a global network of investors who seek to make both social impact and financial returns on their investments in Africa. RENEW’s main office is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where it manages its investment operations. RENEW reduces the costs and risks of investing in developing and emerging countries by partnering with the development community, having a dedicated presence on the ground, managing an exceptional local network, using innovative structures and investment instruments, and providing hands-on consulting to our investments."

Ryota Sugiyama is from the African Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency. While in the MPA-EPM program he has been working on a consulting project with an investment firm called RENEW strategies. On January 16th along with the student organization Columbia Impact Investment Initiative he held a talk session with CI3 and two partners from RENEW strategies.

MPA-EPM Student: Warda Saleem

Event: Women’s March 2018

Where: New York, NY

Date: January 20th 

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“This march is important for me because I grew up watching my mother fight against the society. My mother was widowed at the age of 25. Everyone, including her own family, abandoned her because being widowed was a taboo. Although she was alone, she fought and stood up for me and my siblings. She made coming to SIPA possible for me; she changed my life. I want every women like my mom to know that they’re strong.”

Warda Saleen is from the State Bank of Pakistan. She is a recipient of the 2017-2018 a Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholar program through MPA in Economic Policy Management’s partnership with the World Bank.

The mid-career MPA in Economic Policy Management program (MPA-EPM) is a 12-month MPA program at SIPA and is geared towards professionals with significant working experience within economic policymaking, financial, consulting, political science, engineering and energy backgrounds. 

For more information visit https://sipa.columbia.edu/academics/programs/mpa-economic-policy-management or email [email protected]. 

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SIPA's MPA in Economic Policy Management (MPA-EPM) was formerly named the Program in Economic Policy Management (PEPM).