Developing Nations

50 Things to Know About Traveling Developing Nations by Rebecca Tobery offers an approach to safely exploring the countries most people don’t know exist. Most books on travel tell you how to be comfortable in Europe or see the sights of America. There's nothing wrong with that, but there is much more of the world to see that gets overlooked. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, this guide will help you explore the world while being smart and safe.

After meeting with the highest levels of government in several developing nations plagued by corruption, I engaged in discussions focused on planning steps to bring corruption to its knees. After these discussions, I was asked to prepare a plan of action that had the possibility of being a valuable resource in helping developing and, so-called, “Third World Nations” as they continued to move forward in the struggle to take on this battle, and bring about a victorious end to the stronghold that corruption seemed to have in these governmental institutions.

Eighteen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, yet left it all but abandoned by the West, the country has achieved a miraculous turnaround. Rising out of the complete devastation of a failed state, Rwanda has emerged on the world stage yet again - this time with a unique model for governance and economic development under the leadership of its strong and decisive president, Paul Kagame. Here, Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond look at Kagame’s leadership.