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Evaluating Development Interventions: Esther Duflo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvrGiPkVcs
Esther Duflo shares her insights as MIT economist and director of the Poverty Action Lab, where she and colleagues have developed randomized evaluations to answer critical questions relating to poverty alleviation. Mentioned in the previous post on teaching resources and evaluating development interventions.
Posted in Africa, Development, Evaluation
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Kony 2012 and Policy Prescription. More Teaching Resources to Step into the Bigger Picture
The viral video phenomenon does contain a policy prescription: capture Kony. While much of the debate and criticism relates to concern with misrepresentation or lack of agency for Ugandans in the video, focusing analysis on the action suggested for governments … Continue reading
Teaching Resources: Responsible Advocacy, Kony 2012, Invisible Children, and Humility
When have I known all there is to know about a policy question? Probably never. I don’t imagine I’ll ever known all there is to know about the effects of action or inaction by states, armies, corporations, or people populating … Continue reading
Teaching Resources: Development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w
Much of the buzz around Kony 2012 and Invisible Children comes from a deep desire to build a better world - a place more equitable and just for all children. I’m therefore sharing Hans Rosling as an excellent resource for introductions to what’s happening and has happened as far as tracking development is concerned. A few things that I think are highly relevant about this video. Rosling begins by surveying his students and colleagues. Seeing a gap between the world as it is and the world as we perceive it, he insightfully states, “the problem for me was not ignorance, it was preconceived ideas.” (This is further discussed in the previous post, but at the time I was not able to embed videos).
Posted in Africa, Development, Teaching Resources
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Relevant Teaching Resources, Kony 2012 & Invisible Children - “The Danger of a Single Story”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
Novelist Chimamanda Adiche’s incredibly compelling and extraordinarily relevant Ted Talk on the many questions surrounding representation is a great starter for reflection about how to respond to Kony 2012. It should be abundantly clear that “if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.” (This is further discussed in the previous post, but at the time I was not able to embed videos).
Teaching Resources and Lessons: Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 as Teachable Moment
Many development workers, development professors, development bloggers, and even (far more importantly) several Ugandans, are not pleased with the Invisible Children Kony 2012 campaign. But, as this excellent overview in The Guardian makes clear, the debate is ongoing. As the … Continue reading
Joseph Kony & Invisible Children Top the Charts
What is responsible advocacy? That question burns behind the controversy surrounding Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign. And readers at this site might also wonder about the appropriate role of educational institutions - teachers and professors, along with their students - in … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy Campaigns, Africa, Invisible Children, Smart Philanthropy
Tagged advocacy, development, invisible children, MDGs
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