How Pete spent last week

Pete was invited to present a paper at a conference last week, and, sadly for him, it was in Europe. So poor Pete had to spend several days there, which I know he just hated. Yeah, right. He had a great time, both at the conference and sight-seeing in the Netherlands and Germany.

The conference was sponsored by the United Nations University World Institutue for Development Economics Research, and there were apparently people from all different countries there -- in fact, Pete was one of the only 2 Americans present. He was very interested to hear the perspectives of presenters from developing countries, especially in Africa. (If anyone wants to know more about this conference, here's the link to the main page. He got some great feedback on the paper he and his colleague wrote, and I know he's anxious to explore more in this academic (and practical) area.

We're happy to have him home now, and are thankful he had a great time!