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CID Undergraduate Associates Program

Harvard undergraduates from all concentrations are invited to join the CID Undergraduate Associates Program.  The Program is intended to support a community of students interested in international development.  To this end, the Program helps students gain exposure to international development research from a variety of academic disciplines, build contacts with development practitioners and gain experience in the field. 

The Program has three components: a discussion seminar, course work, and a senior thesis.  To successfully complete the Program, students must complete an application; participate in a CID seminar for at least one semester; demonstrate their interest through a self-designed course of study as part of their work toward degrees in their own concentration; and complete a senior thesis or project on a topic related to international development. 

Like a Certificate Program, the CID Undergraduate Associates Program confers no official credit to the student nor is it listed on the student's transcript.  Rather, the Program is extracurricular and specific to the CID.  Being a CID Undergraduate Associate means that the student receives priority for CID-funded WorldTeach Summer Internships, CID Summer Research Grants, CID Research Assistant opportunities and CID special events and conferences.  CID Undergraduate Associates are also eligible for the annual CID Thesis Prize, awarded each spring for the most outstanding thesis related to development. [More on opportunities for students]

Program applications are available in October and February each year.  Click here to access the Spring 2007 application (due Tuesday, 17 April 2007). All students with further questions should contact Melissa Wojciechowski at the CID.

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Current Undergraduate Associates for 2006-2007

Past Undergraduate Associates: 2005-2006, 2004-2005, 2002-2003, 2001-2002  

 

CID Undergraduate Discussion Group

Starting February 2007, the discussion seminar meets Tuesday evenings from 5:00-6:30 PM over dinner in the Perkins Room at CID.  All Harvard undergraduates are welcome. 

Spring 2007

• 13 February 2007: "Declining International Inequality and Economic Divergence: Reviewing the Evidence Through Different Lenses" - Victoria Levin, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 27 February 2007: "Developing a Global Gender Gap Index" - Fiona Greig, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University; Doctoral Fellow, CID
• 13 March 2007: "Rural Development and Forest Conservation in Mexico: Lessons Learned for Policymakers" - Jordi Honey-Rosés, Master in Public Policy Candidate; (formerly) Mexican Ministry of the Environment and Coordinator, Monarch Butterfly Conservation Program, World Wildlife Fund
• 20 March 2007: "Access to Essential Medicines: The Case of AIDS Drugs in China" - Suerie Moon, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, KSG; Doctoral Fellow, Sustainability Science Program, CID
• 17 April 2007: "Senior Thesis Presentations on Development" - Kafui Gbewonyo, Rabia Mir, Naabia Ofosu-Amaah, Owais Siddiqui, and Ana Sirbu

 

Fall 2006

• 26 September 2006: "The Reform of U.S. Foreign Assistance" - George Moose, Adjunct Professor in International Practice, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; Career Ambassador, U.S. Foreign Service (retired)
• 3 October 2006: "The Economics of Malaria" - Derek Willis, Doctoral Candidate, Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University
• 24 October 2006: "Between the Black-Box and Open Community Participation: Spatial Planning Models for Evaluating Development and Conservation Paths (Cases in Mexico and Costa Rica)" - Juan Carlos Vargas-Moreno, Doctoral Fellow, CID; Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
• 7 November 2006: "Inequality, Institutions and Growth in Mexico" - Michael Walton, Ph.D. Candidate, Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University
• 14 November 2006: "Resource-Curse in Reverse: The Coffee Crisis and Armed Conflict in Colombia" - Oeindrila Dubé, Doctoral Fellow, CID; Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University
• 28 November 2006: "Identity Politics and Economic Outcomes" - Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• 5 December 2006: "It's Not Easy Being Green: Employing Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development" - Kira Matus, Doctoral Research Fellow, Science, Environment and Development Group, CID

Spring 2006

• 7 February 2006: "The Household Decision to Care for an Orphan in South Africa: Does AIDS Matter?" - Iris Boutros, Doctoral Candidate, Population and International Health, Doctoral Fellow, CID
• 14 February 2006: "The Settlement of Civil Wars: The Balance of Security is Key" - Monica Toft, Associate Professor of Public Policy, KSG, Assistant Director, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies
• 28 February 2006: "Technology, Data, and the Earthquake Relief Effort: The RISEPAK Portal" - Asim Khwaja, Associate Professor of Public Policy, KSG
• 7 March 2006: "How Educational Vouchers Work: Evidence from Vocational Schools in Colombia" - Juan Saavedra, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy Program
• 14 March 2006: "The Difficulty of Reaching the Poorest: Social Networks and MFI Lending Policies" - Erica Field, Associate Professor of Economics, FAS
• 21 March 2006: "Information and Uncertainty in the Search for New Exports: Using Case Studies to Explore the Self-Discovery Model" - Bailey Klinger, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy Program, KSG
• 4 April 2006: "How Media and Information Technology Can Help The World's Poor" - Robert Jensen, Associate Professor of Public Policy, KSG
• 11 April 2006: "No Bourgeois, No Development: The Holocaust’s Lasting Impact on European Institutions" - Tarek Hassan, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, FAS
• 25 April 2006: "Senior Thesis Presentations on Development" - Prital S. Kadakia, Sarah Lafleur, Alecia McGregor, and Tazneen Shahabuddin

Fall 2005

• 27 September 2005: "Why Are So Many Countries, Poor, Volatile, and Unequal?" - Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, KSG
• 6 October 2005: "Education and Development at the World Bank: What Works and How" - Elizabeth King, Research Manager for Public Services of the Development Research
• 18 October 2005: "The Peace and Security Strategy: Development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria" - Judy Asuni, Executive Director of Academic Associates Peace Works (AAPW)
• 25 October 2005: "Ecosystems, Economic Growth, and Local Livelihoods: Observations from Laos PDR" - Kelsey Jack, Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, CID
• 1 November 2005: "US Army Civil Affairs and Its Role in International Development" - Dennis Cahill, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Civil Affairs; and National Security Fellow, KSG
• 8 November 2005: "UNDP and the Arab States: A Regional Perspective" - Nada Al-Nashif, Chief, Regional Programme Division, UNDP
• 15 November 2005: "Building Competitiveness in Developing Countries" - Marcela Escobari, Director, On the Frontier Group; Anne Morriss, Manager, On the Frontier Group
• 29 November 2005: "The Challenge of Sustainable Development" -William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, KSG
• 6 December 2005: "Governing the Environment" - Arun Agrawal, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan; Visiting Scholar, CID

Examples of past speakers and discussion topics include:

2004-2005

• 5 October 2004: Heidi Larson, Senior Communication Advisor, UNICEF, speaking about UNICEF project work and student internship possibilities
• 12 October 2004: "Campaign 2004: Topics in International Development" - Julie Kennedy and Sarah Lucas, Center for Global Development
• 26 October 2004: "Energy, Indoor Air Pollution and Human Health" - Darby Jack, Harvard University
• 16 November 2004: "Teacher Attitudes and Gender Equitable Pedagogy in Benin" - Sonya Anderson, Doctor of Education Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• 8 February 2005: "Restoration of Gorongosa National Park: Economic Development, Healthcare, and Biodiversity Conservation in Central Mozambique" - Greg Carr, Chairman of the Carr Foundation
• 23 February 2005: "Democracy, Conflict Resolution, and Political Development in Africa" - Professor Darren Kew, Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution at UMASS Boston, specializing in Democracy & Conflict in Africa
• 8 March 2005: "Living with the Enemy and Possibilities for Peace" - Daniel Moses, Coordinator of the Delegation Leaders Program at Seeds of Peace
• 15 March 2005: "Serendib's Tsunami Relief Mission in Sri Lanka" - Tucker McCravy, M.Ed. Candidate in International Education Policy

Fall 2003

• 16 September 2003: "Financial Reform in Ethiopia" - Prof. Stephen Peterson
• 23 September 2003: Report from CID summer grant recipients and planning for fall
• 7 October 2003: "The WTO and developing countries: Where do we go from here?" - David Lynch, Mika Morse and Zoe McLaren, Harvard University
• 21 October 2003: Distinguished Guest - Her Excellency Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia
• 4 November 2003: "Young people: victims of poverty or potential leaders in development?" - Robyn Munford, Students Partnership Worldwide
• 2 December 2003: "Midwifery as a response to women's health needs in the developing world" - Jenny Foster (CNM MPH PhD)  Jennifer Houston (CNM MS), Midwives for Midwives and Women's Health International

Fall 2002

• 15 October 2002: Prof. Robert Bates: "Development in Post-conflict societies"
• 29 October 2002:  Kiaran Honderich: "Migration Effects on Development"
• 5 November 2002: Pedro Medina: "Social Entrepreneurship"
• 12 November 2002: Joel Trachtman: "Intellectual Property Law"
• 19 November 2002: Rachel McCleary: "Religion and Development"

 

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