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Global Social Development Policy

Professor Theodore E. Downing

Last updated 21 March 2002 11:46:42 AM
Lecture assistant: Maho Shimizu

Assignment 1 (before first class)

Paper readings (translated into Japanese)

Cernea, Michael Putting People First (2nd Edition). Please read all the editors notes located between the chapters. And read chapters 1 and 6.

Website links

Please double click the underlined text to connect to the sites.

Indigenous peoples. Please examine the overview of the World Bank's perspective. Browse the pages within this section. Now look at the existing policy on indigenous people (Operational Directive 4.20). Next, read the draft new indigenous peoples policy (Operation Policy 4.10 also known as OP 4.10). Think about these questions. Why is the Bank making a policy about indigenous people? How this policy might be improved? What people might it help? Would it help or harm indigenous (tribal) communities? How does the proposed change in policy differ from the previous policy? What is going on?

QUESTIONS. The class will have Policy Laboratories. We shall be examining this policy in great detail. So read it carefully.

1. Imagine you are an indigenous person or tribal person. Imagine this policy defines your rights.

What would you like to see changed?

2. Imagine you are a government borrowing World Bank money.

What obligation does this create for you?
How would you like to change it?

Imagine you are a company. Imagine this policy must be accepted in order for you to borrow money from the World Bank.

How would you like to change it?

For an introduction to Professor Downing, look over briefly www.ted-downing.com

Assignment 2 Policy laboratory

The class will be organized into small teams. They will apply the tests to the policy. At this point, I do not expect you to understand why indigenous policy is important or why the World Bank itself is important. But I want you to begin to read and think about the policy.

Assignment 3

To follow soon...

Revised: March 21, 2002 .

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Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3		PLEASE CHECK THIS WEBSITE DAILY FOR UPDATES Global Social Development Policy Professor Theodore E. Downing Last updated 21 March 2002 11:46:42 AM Lecture assistant: Maho Shimizu Assignment 1 (before first class) Paper readings (translated into Japanese) Cernea, Michael Putting People First (2nd Edition). Please read all the editors notes located between the chapters. And read chapters 1 and 6. Website links Please double click the underlined text to connect to the sites. Indigenous peoples. Please examine the overview of the World Bank's perspective. Browse the pages within this section. Now look at the existing policy on indigenous people (Operational Directive 4.20). Next, read the draft new indigenous peoples policy (Operation Policy 4.10 also known as OP 4.10). Think about these questions. Why is the Bank making a policy about indigenous people? How this policy might be improved? What people might it help? Would it help or harm indigenous (tribal) communities? How does the proposed change in policy differ from the previous policy? What is going on? QUESTIONS. The class will have Policy Laboratories. We shall be examining this policy in great detail. So read it carefully. 1. Imagine you are an indigenous person or tribal person. Imagine this policy defines your rights. What would you like to see changed? 2. Imagine you are a government borrowing World Bank money. What obligation does this create for you? How would you like to change it? Imagine you are a company. Imagine this policy must be accepted in order for you to borrow money from the World Bank. How would you like to change it? For an introduction to Professor Downing, look over briefly www.ted-downing.com Assignment 2 Policy laboratory The class will be organized into small teams. They will apply the tests to the policy. At this point, I do not expect you to understand why indigenous policy is important or why the World Bank itself is important. But I want you to begin to read and think about the policy. Assignment 3 To follow soon... Revised: March 21, 2002 .