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International development expert at BYU lecture Oct. 19

International education and community development specialist Shahram Paksima will speak at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies on Friday, Oct. 19, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

  Paksima’s topic will be “From Punjab to the ‘Pinnacle’ and Back: Musings of a Development Worker.”

Paksima has more than eleven years of experience leading school, organizational, and educational development and change; managing and implementing projects; designing and providing monitoring and evaluation services; and conducting applied research.

His recent work has been for the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and Seward International.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Marissa Ballantyne

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