Declining Inequality in LatinAmerica: Some Economics,Some Politics
Info Session: Summer Abroad "The Politics of Global Inequality"
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Transcript of Info Session: Summer Abroad "The Politics of Global Inequality"
Switzerland 2014
The Politics of Global Inequality
Overview
1. Overview of program and accommodations2. Orientation3. Course content4. Leisure activities5. ASK QUESTIONS
Program Details1. Program dates: July 1-July 312. Course content: POL 124 The Politics of Global Inequality; POL 198
Group Study: The Role of International Organizations in Development3. Location: Geneva, Switzerland; Cite Universitaire (dorms); University of
Geneva4. Program components: classroom lectures and films; guest lectures;
simulations; international organization visits
Universite de Geneve (Unige)
Cite Universitaire
Why Geneva, Switzerland?
Geneva, Switzerland is home to a large number of international organizations that develop prescriptions and funding for developing countries
Orientation
1. On-site orientation to the city, culture, and transportation system
2. Visits to Cathedrale de St. Pierre and United Nations
Course materials – Global inequality
Poverty incapacitates at least a billion people around the globe
50 million children under the age of 5 die of malnutrition related causes every year – a war on the most vulnerable population
Why do poverty and inequality continue to exist?
What, if anything, should WE do about it?
Course requirements
Each student adopts a country, studies the conditions in that country and evaluates solutions
Each student chooses an organization, studies that organization and evaluates its contributions to development issues
Organizations visited in past programs: UNDP, UNICEF, WTO, WHO, UNCTAD, non-governmental organizations
2 five page papers; three oral presentations; class participation
Geneva as a city
International – 50-70% of the population is non-Swiss
Good local transportationMany interesting activitiesExpensive
Switzerland as a country
Except for first weekend, weekends are freeSwiss youth hostels everywhere – but book nowSwiss train transportation: clean, efficient;
relatively cheap
Switzerland in the heart of Europe
• Close to Paris
Come see for yourself!