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9th Annual International Health Conference: War, Poverty and Population
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Abstract: The Relationship between Population Growth and Poverty Robert Engelman , Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute, Washington DC. Numbers: Mind the Gap Theogene Rudasingwa ,, Former Rwandan Ambassador to the United States. The Return of the Population Factor Martha Campbell ... More »
AIDS and Poverty in Africa, Spring 2005
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Abstract: This is a discussion-based interactive seminar on the two major issues that affect Sub-Saharan Africa: HIV/AIDS and Poverty. AIDS and Poverty, seemingly different concepts, are more inter-related to each other in Africa than in any other continent. As MIT students, we feel it is important to engage ourselves ... More »
Children of Haiti Summit
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Abstract: This workshop can be conducted either before playing the Ayiti: The Cost of Life game, as a way to introduce students to the game's issues, or after playing the game, as a way to help them better understand the links between poverty and access to education.
Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Small-group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction. 11.941 and 11.955 are taught P/D/F.
D-Lab: Development, Design and Dissemination, Spring 2005
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Abstract: D-Lab is a design studio course in which students work on international development projects for under served communities. The class is focused on a participatory, iterative prototyping design process, with particular attention on the constraints faced when designing for developing communities. Students ... More »
D-Lab: Development, Dialogue and Delivery, Fall 2004
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Abstract: D-Lab is a year-long series of courses and field trips. The fall class provides a basic background in international development and appropriate technology though guest speakers, case studies and hands-on exercises. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in an IAP fieldtrip to Haiti, India, ... More »
Developmental Entrepreneurship, Fall 2003
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Abstract: This class surveys developmental entrepreneurship via case examples of both successful and failed businesses and generally grapples with deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. By drawing on live and historical cases, especially from South Asia, Africa, Latin America ... More »
Ecuador Workshop, Fall 2006
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Abstract: This is a project to assist in the design, drawing, modeling and hopefully constructing of a small Community Children’s Center near Guayaquil, Ecuador. For the last year, Nicki Lehrer, from MIT’s Aero/Astro Department, has been organizing efforts to build the project. The goal of the workshop is to provide ... More »
Expository Writing: Exploring Social and Ethical Issues through Film and Print, Fall 2002
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Abstract: This section of Expository Writing provides the opportunity for students- as readers, viewers, writers and speakers - to engage with social and ethical issues that they care deeply about. Through discussing selected documentary and feature films and the writings of such authors as Maya Angelou, Robert ... More »
Expository Writing: Social and Ethical Issues in Print, Photography and Film, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This section of Expository Writing provides the opportunity for students- as readers, viewers, writers and speakers - to engage with social and ethical issues that they care deeply about. Through discussing selected documentary and feature films and the writings of such authors as Maya Angelou, Robert ... More »
Feminist Political Thought, Fall 2000
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Abstract: This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the definitions of politics itself, the nature of citizenship, ... More »
Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Women workers rarely appear in labor market theory. When they do, they are represented as a separate category, determined by biological differences and their family responsibilities. Subject examines the status of working women under a variety of governmental policies and labor conditions. First part ... More »
Gender, Power, and International Development, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Examines some of the root causes of inequality world-wide and the different consequences that poverty, economic transformations, and development policies often have for women and men. Through an exploration of daily life in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Melanesia, students examine the underlying political, ... More »
Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Explores how public policy and private markets affect housing, economic development, and the local economy; provides an overview of techniques and specified programs policies and strategies that are (and have been) directed at neighborhood development; gives students an opportunity to reflect on their ... More »
Introduction to Latin American Studies, Fall 2006
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Abstract: Interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Latin America, drawing on films, literature, popular press accounts, and scholarly research. Topics include: economic development, ethnic and racial identity, religion, revolution, democratization, transitional justice, the rule of law, and the changing ... More »
John Edwards: Forum on Poverty in America
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Abstract: 2004 vice presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards spoke in a Town Hall Forum on American poverty. Edwards is touring 10 college campuses in two weeks to publicize the issue of American poverty and promote the nonprofit organization he recently formed to combat poverty, The Center for Promise ... More »
Labor and Politics, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Throughout the advanced industrial world, labor unions, once seen as key institutions in economic and social life, vehicles for social integration, political participation, and economic redistribution, are in crisis. How did this change in organizational fortunes occur? Is this decline inevitable or ... More »
Moral Problems and the Good Life, Fall 2006
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Abstract: Subject examines classic texts from the history of Western moral philosophy, and their answers to the question of what is the best way to live. These texts include works by Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and J. S. Mill. Among the questions that arise are: What is it to have a good life? How important ... More »
Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker associations; ... More »
Political Economy of Development, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Examines theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the process of late development. Topics include the role of the state in alleviating or exacerbating poverty, the politics of industrial policy and planning, and the relationship between institutional change and growth. How over the past ... More »
