Development Concentration Resources
resources for students
case studies in human rights and poverty
*NEW CASE STUDIES FROM FALL 2009*
- Janes, Taylor "Further Marginalization: A Case Study of The Water Wars in Cochabamba, Bolivia through the Lens of Human Rights"
- Dobson, Skye "Intensification of Refugee Repatriation Efforts in Tanzania post-1990"
- Becker, Margot "Fail Better: The Many Stories of the Bhopal Gas Leak" (Case Study) (Analysis)
- Da-Sylva, Joanna "The Cholera Crisis in Zimbabwe" (Case Study) (Analysis)
- Hicks, Neal John "Children Without A Home: Is Shelter Enough?" A Case Study of Child Homelessness in New York City"
- Wahi, Anita "A Human Rights-Based Analysis of the 1994 Bolivian Bilingual Education Reform Law" (case study) (analysis)
- Craig, Gretchen "Cotaccachi: Promoting Development from the Bottom Up" (Case Study) (Analysis)
- Williams, Justine "The Case of Ongoing Domestic Worker Exploitation in Ny State and the Struggle for a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights"
- Corser, Maggie "Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Study of Human Rights and Poverty"
- Castaldi, Allison "Mano Dura in El Salvado: Human Rights violations associated with government policies to combat gangs, a case study"
- Greenstein, Joshua "Access to Patented Medicines, the Right to health, and the Case of Thailand"
- Case Study [.doc]
- Analysis [.doc]
- SEE ALSO: "The U.S. Should Back the Kids, Not the Pharmaceutical Companies" [link to article]
- Holohan, Meghan "Human Rights and Poverty: An Analysis of the Case of Mexican Day Laborers in Farmingville, New York"
- Kugel, Alischa "Case Study of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport Development Project"
- Long, Chelsea "The Disposable Workforce of a U.S. Industry: Examination of slaughterhouse employment practices and human rights"
- Medina, Diana "Broken Dreams: Street Children and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro"
- Case Study and Analysis [.doc]
- Moniaga, Renita "Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers: A Case Study on Human Rights, Gender and Migration"
- Wise, Andrea "The Saigon Grill Restaurant Deliverty Workers: A Human Rights Case Study"
multilateral development organizations
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- UNICEF
- United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- OECD Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC)
- World Bank
international campaigns and campaigners
publications and data sources
- UNDP Human Development Reports
- World Bank World Development Indicators
- Millennium Development Goals Indicators
- OECD Statistics
interactive tools
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is the chair of the development concentration. Please direct questions and comments to Kelly Gannon.