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What does the Occupy Wall Street movement say about the state of American politics and society? Has inequality really gotten worse?
SIPA Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs Robert Lieberman took part in a panel discucussion at the Council on Foreign Relations, only hours after the city of New York removed protestors living in Zuccotti Park.
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Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, former Director of the White House National Economic Council, and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, delivered the Gabriel Silver Memorial Lecture at SIPA on December 1.
Mr. Summers shared his views on the current economic situation and how to achieve growth. "If the private sector is unable or unwilling to enable and increase its spending, there is no alternative but for a government to be prepared on a temporary basis to expand its borrowing and expand its spending."
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Priyam Saraf (MIA '12) profiled women who work in post-conflict development.
"These women’s experiences demonstrate that women are not only capable of overcoming the challenges of working in traditional, post-conflict societies, but that their gender may in fact carry advantages," she writes at The Morningside Post, SIPA's student-run blog.
"Being a white woman in Congo is like being a de-facto man."
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Since South Sudan gained independence this year, tensions with its northern neighbor, the rump state of Sudan, have exacerbated.
SIPA's Humanitarian Affairs program will host a panel discussion on Thursday, December 8, to discuss the prospects of a positive outcome, the roles of climate change and demographic growth, and the impact of nations' neighbors, especially Ethiopia.
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Improving Livelihoods in Batey Communities in the Dominican Republic,
December 7
Book launch: Cuauhtémoc’s Bones: Forging National Identity in Modern Mexico,
December 8
Muslim Identity in Southeast Asia: Thailand and Indonesia Contrasted,
December 9
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Thinkers50
Sylvia A. Hewlett, director of SIPA’s Gender Policy Program, was named to the 2011 Thinkers50 list, a global ranking of the top 50 management and business thinkers. Professor Hewlett ranked #11 on the list, which is published every two years.
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"The MPA-DP program challenges you to understand and develop integrated approaches to development and draws from all sectors including infrastructure, health, education, and agriculture."
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In the News
The late Manning Marable’s book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention was named one of the 10 best books of 2011,
New York Times
Jeffrey Sachs on “End of AIDS” with no new money,
NPR
Thanassis Cambanis on the Egyptian elections,
WNYC
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Sarika Bansal (MPA '12): "Top Five Ways Big Pharma Can Address Neglected Diseases,"
Forbes
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Photo submitted by Nadia Hasham (MIA '12) and Priyanka Pathak (GSAS '11).
A mother in a slum ward in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India shows another how to use features on a cell phone. Nadia and Priyanka spent last summer working on a pilot study for an SMS-based vaccination reminder project for mothers with newborns.
The program was a joint project between the India-based NGO Developmental Medical Foundation and the U.S.-based company Medic Mobile.
Read more about Nadia's experience.
This newsletter is distributed by the Office of Communications and External Relations at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Contact Alex Burnett at 212-851-1818 or
alex.burnett@sipa.columbia.edu.
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