Every Summer, the Payson Center for International Development offers intensive, two (2) to three (3) week long study-abroad programs with one (1), two (2) or three (3) courses per location. Courses are open to graduate students and non-Tulane graduate level-students. All courses earn three (3) credits. The cost varies based on location and number of courses taken in one location. (Note: Price does not include airfare).
For Summer 2015, the Payson Center for International Development is pleased to offer courses in five (5) locations as part of the 2015 Global Development Summer Institute.
Ethiopia
Italy
Nepal
Myanmar
Panama
For information go to: http://www.payson.tulane.edu/si
2. Ethiopia
Summer
Ins1tutes
2015
• "Project
Planning
for
Interna>onal
Health
and
Development”
– Loca1on:
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
– Dates:
July
13
-‐
24,
2015
• "Refugee
and
Migrant
Health
and
Development”
– Loca1on:
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
– Dates:
July
27
-‐
Aug
7,
2015
5. Course
#1:
Project
Planning
for
Interna1onal
Health
&
Development
• Bordering
Eritrea
to
the
north,
Djibou>
and
Somalia
to
the
east,
Sudan
and
South
Sudan
to
the
west,
and
Kenya
to
the
south,
Ethiopia
is
the
most
populous
landlocked
country
in
the
world
• With
almost
80
million
inhabitants,
it
also
is
the
second
most-‐populated
country
in
Africa
but
remains
largely
rural
• Having
never
been
colonialized
and
with
a
history
that
dates
back
to
the
origins
of
mankind,
Ethiopia
is
culturally
unique
but
extremely
poor
(ranked
173
out
of
187
countries
on
the
Human
Development
Index)
and
shares
many
problems
and
challenges
facing
modern
Africa
6. Project
Planning
for
Interna1onal
Health
&
Development
(cont.)
• This
course
will
introduce
you
to
program
planning
in
the
East
African
context
• Following
an
overview
of
research
methods
in
interna>onal
development,
you
will
be
tasked
with
collec>ng
field
data
examining
a
research
problem
of
your
choice
• Based
on
the
collected
data,
you
will
outline
an
interven>on
program
using
the
logical
framework
approach
and
develop
a
monitoring
and
evalua>on
strategy
for
your
project
• Field
trips
include
visits
to
Ethiopian
government
agencies,
UN
agencies
and
interna>onal
and
local
NGOs
working
in
the
country
7. Course
#2:
Refugee
and
Migrant
Health
and
Development
• This
course
examines
migra>on,
including
forced
migra>on,
in
Ethiopia
and
the
broader
East
African
region
• With
a
long
history
of
receiving
migrants
fleeing
droughts,
conflicts
and
wars
in
neighboring
countries,
Ethiopia
is
hos>ng
more
than
400,000
refugees
and
asylum
seekers
from
Eritrea,
Somalia,
South
Sudan
and
Sudan
• The
Ethiopian
government
has
long
maintained
an
open-‐door-‐
policy,
which
allows
humanitarian
access
and
protec>on
to
those
entering
the
country
• While
a
significant
number
of
urban
refugees
live
in
Addis
Ababa,
the
vast
majority
of
the
forced
migrants
are
spread
across
18
camps
distributed
along
border
areas
in
all
parts
of
the
country
8. Refugee
and
Migrant
Health
and
Development
(cont.)
• Aber
a
general
introduc>on
to
forced
migra>on
in
the
Great
Lakes
Region,
the
course
will
visit
interna>onal
organiza>ons
and
some
of
the
large
number
of
NGOs
involved
in
suppor>ng
refugees
and
migrants
in
Ethiopia
• You
will
also
visit
government
agencies
and
par>cipate
in
discussions
with
Ethiopian
researchers
to
gain
an
understanding
of
the
local
perspec>ve
• As
part
of
the
course
work
and
based
on
materials
developed
by
the
Sphere
Project,
you
will
work
on
case
studies
examining
the
management
of
refugees
and
migrants,
an
exercise
that
will
involve
the
collec>on
of
field
data
9. Course
Logis1cs
• Teaching:
– Lectures,
incl.
guest
speakers
(mostly
in
the
mornings)
– Site
visits/field
trips,
and
group
work
(mostly
abernoons,
or
all
day)
– Taught
with
support
from
the
Tulane
field
office
in
Addis
Ababa
• Housing
and
Meals:
– Housing
to
be
confirmed
(expect
shared
rooms
in
a
nice
hotel
close
to
the
city
center
-‐-‐-‐
contact
instructors
with
ques>ons)
– Included
meals:
Breakfast,
lunch,
and
two
coffee
breaks
10. Field
Trips
Entoto
Maryam
Church
Menagesha
Na>onal
Forest
Washa
Mikael
Entoto
Natural
Park