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CID Thesis Prize

The Center for International Development Thesis Prize is awarded each year to the graduating senior CID undergraduate associate who writes the best thesis on a subject concerning international development.

Students wishing to submit their theses for consideration should provide one (1) hard copy plus readers' comments to Melissa Wojciechowski by Thursday, 24 May 2007. Melissa can be found in Office 408 of the Rubenstein Building (formerly One Eliot Building), or via post at CID, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA  02138.

Past Awardees:

2007 - CID Thesis Prize awarded to Naabia Ofosu-Amaah for her thesis entitled "Conservation for Sustainable Development? Ecotourism in Tanzania."

PDF version of Naabia Ofosu-Amaah's thesis:
"Conservation for Sustainable Development? Ecotourism in Tanzania"

2006 - CID Thesis Prize awarded to Prital Kadakia for his thesis entitled "Habitual Savings Behavior: The Effects of Context and Income Shocks on Recurring Deposit Microsavings Accounts."

PDF version of Prital Kadakia's thesis:
"Habitual Savings Behavior: The Effects of Context and Income Shocks on Recurring Deposit Microsavings Accounts"

2005 - CID Thesis Prize awarded to Zachary Liscow for his thesis entitled "The Impact of Tenancy Insecurity on Forest Cover in Nicaragua's Agricultural Landholdings."

PDF version of Zachary Liscow's thesis:
"The Impact of Tenancy Insecurity on Forest Cover in Nicaragua's Agricultural Landholdings"

2003 - CID Thesis Prize awarded to Kimberly M. Sánchez Ocasio for her thesis entitled "A Fork in Fertility: The Demographic Transition and Factors Mediating a Fertility Decline among the Indigenous Toba of Argentina."

PDF version of Kimberly M. Sánchez Ocasio's thesis:
Thesis title page
Chapter 1. Intro Rev.
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Work Cited Rev.
Thesis Appendix
Photos - Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3

2002 - CID Thesis Prize awarded to Albert Cho for his thesis entitled "The Rainbow and the Pot of Gold: Ethnic Diversity and Economic Development in Mauritius."

PDF version of Albert Cho's thesis:
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography

2001 - CID Thesis Prize awarded to Eben Kenah, special concentrator in Poverty and Health in the Third World, for his thesis entitled "Poverty and the English Language: The Erasure and Measurement of Structural Violence."

PDF version of Eben Kenah's thesis:
Abstract
Text
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
Sources

 

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