<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/winter-2011/economist-confronts-challenges-congo.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>An Economist Confronts Challenges in the Congo</title><excerpt>Michael ’84 and Kris Sellars ’85 Trueblood knew the statistics about poverty in the Congo. But it still shocked them to see scores of undernourished people, many missing limbs and needing medical attention, when they arrived in Kinshasa last summer. As an economist with USAID, Michael works on economic issues ranging from mining to national health accounts.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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