Description
WK2 – Understanding Poverty
Watch the three videos and answer the following questions.
Videos:
1. Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now
Time: 22.06 Minutes
Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now
2. How we can End Poverty by 2030. | Carin Jämtin | TEDxNorrköping
Time: 17:37 Minutes
How we can End Poverty by 2030. | Carin Jämtin | TEDxNorrköping
3. How these 2 Economists are using Randomized trials to Solve Global Poverty
Time: 6:58 Minutes
How these 2 economists are using randomized trials to solve global poverty
Questions:
1. According to the videos what are the main causes of poverty in the developing world? How can poverty be effectively tackled?
2. Name 1-2 key solutions which are currently adopted in your Simulation country to alleviate poverty?
Be sure to back-up your answer with research and provide full citations.
Note: If you are located outside the US, you may not be able to watch these videos. Research the topics and participate in the discussion.
Required Textbooks/Readings
Payne, Richard J. and Jamal R. Nassar, Politics and Culture in the Developing World: The Impact of Globalization, 5th ed., Pearson Longman, 2012. ISBN: 9780205075911
Weiner, Robert, Annual Editions: Developing World, 33rd ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. ISBN-13: 9781259883309
Online Participation Expectation
· You are required to actively participate online for this course and this will be a critical component of your final grade.
· Online participation requires reading and completing all online activities via class announcements, discussion, class news, and other postings daily.
· We will discuss current events every week via online discussion. Be sure to use the Internet, newspapers, TV or radio to read the current world events and to discuss then online.
· I expect to see first submissions to weekly discussion by Wednesday, midnight of the assigned week. The weekly discussion will be closed by Sunday at 11:55 of the week.
· While there is no specific day/time at which you must log in, I strongly recommend that you log in several times per week to participate.
· Your participation will be graded on both the quantity and quality of your postings.
Course Requirements
Online Discussions of Assigned Textbooks:
· The student should read the assigned textbook chapters (Payne, Richard J. and Jamal R. Nassar, Politics and Culture in the Developing World: The Impact of Globalization) and the Annual Editions: Developing Worldreadings for each week and be prepared to respond to posted discussions.
· Students are encouraged to engage in active dialogue with each other and to introduce new information about a particular experience with each week’s discussion topic.
· You are required to post a minimum of one original postingto each discussion question, and two postings that are a feedback or response to other students’ postings. (Minimum of 3 posting per discussion question/item for the week)
· Postings such as “I agree,” “Good Answer,” or the likes, are not acceptable.
· Students are encouraged to regularly post comments and questions.
· Each student will be required to post his/her comments, observations and evaluations concerning the week’s discussion topic in the “Discussion” section of the Vista web site for this course
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