Tag: Poverty

Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall

December 31, 2021

Great conversations on development economics along with methods for proving efficacy (with great connections to TOK).

He’s a pioneer of using randomized control experiments in economics — studying the long-term benefits of a $1 health intervention in Africa. Steve asks Edward, a Berkeley professor, about Africa’s long-term economic prospects, and how a parking-ticket-scandal in New York City led to a major finding on corruption around the world.

Edward Miguel on Collecting Economic Data by Canoe and Correlating Conflict with Rainfall

Migration, Refugee Lessons and Resources

August 15, 2021
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Who is a Refugee? Presentation SlidesDownload
Resources for teaching global immigration issuesDownload
Refugee-displacements-in-the-middle-east SlidesDownload
Handout dromgold-sermen_refugee-exercises-and-resourcesDownload

Misc. Links

Refugee Processing Center

Great resource for data and research

http://ireports.wrapsnet.org/

UN HCR

Good general facts and figures about refugees

https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html

“Abdi and the Golden Ticket”

This American Life Podcast, “A story about someone who’s desperately trying – against long odds – to make it to the United States and become an American. Abdi is a Somali refugee living in Kenya and gets the luckiest break of his life: he wins a lottery that puts him on a short list for a U.S. visa. This is his ticket out. But before he can cash in his golden ticket, the police start raiding his neighborhood, targeting refugees.”

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/560/abdi-and-the-golden-ticket

U.S. Sued by Its Iraqi Helpers Over Visa Delays

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sued-by-its-iraqi-helpers-over-visa-delays-1425960061

Mexican Opium Prices Plummet, Driving Poppy Farmers to Migrate

NY Times article about the drop in prices is leading poppy farmers to seek work in the United States and other places

Unit Plan: Fair Trade

August 12, 2021

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of fair trade. By investigating the compelling question “Is Fair Trade Fair?” students evaluate the rise of fair trade as it relates to several specialty industries; such as the coffee industry. The formative performance tasks build on knowledge and skills through the course of the inquiry and helps students obtain a foundational understanding of fair trade. Students also examine differences between fair and free trade, and finally analyze the costs of benefits of free trade. Students create an evidence-based argument about the overall fairness of fair trade.

http://c3teachers.org/inquiries/fair-trade/