Emory to Train Students on Needs of Poor Countries

Emory University will soon launch an initiative to teach students about the economic, health and social needs of the world’s poorest nations, and international banker, George Vojta, who is helping to fund the new project, would like to see Georgia businesses participate.

“We hope to have Georgia-based businesses deeply involved and supportive of [the initiative], said Mr. Vojta, an international banker for 40 years and an adviser to the World Bank.

Mr. Vojta, who recently conducted an email interview with GlobalAtlanta from his office in New York, has been working with Emory since 2004. He is also the founder and chairman of estandardsForum Inc., a financial services information company that provides information on a country’s potential for sustainable development.

Mr. Vojta began working with Sam Cherribi, director of the new initiative and professor of sociology at Emory, during the 2004-2005 school year, where he helped to teach a class on economic development in Mali, which sparked the development initiative that is to begin by this fall.

Dr. Cherribi told GlobalAtlanta that Emory would welcome collaborating with other Georgia-based universities on development programs in impoverished nations under the new initiative.