On March 4, 2013, Payson Center for International Development faculty and graduate students gathered at a luncheon sponsored by the Payson Graduate Student Association (PGSA) to present overviews of their grant-based research projects and opportunities for students.

1.
Professor
Colin
Crawford

2. Child
Labor
in
West
African
Cocoa
Production
and
Other
Research
Payson
Center
for
Interna.onal
Development
Elke
de
Buhr,
PhD

3. Some
Research
Interests
• Child
labor
and
worst
forms
of
child
labor
(WFCL)
• Child
labor
in
West
Africa,
and
worldwide
• Child
labor
in
agriculture
• Forced
adult
labor
(FAL)
• FAL
in
West
Africa,
and
worldwide
• FAL
in
agriculture
• Orphans
and
vulnerable
children
(OVC)
• DRC,
Rwanda,
and
worldwide
• Migra.on
and
human/child
trafficking
• Mali,
Burkina-­‐Faso,
Ghana,
Côte
d’Ivoire,
Europe

4. Some
Research
Activities
• Survey
data
collec.on
(USDOL,
UNICEF,
Fairtrade,
Reprieve,
AICF)
• Qualita.ve
research
(USDOL,
UNICEF,
Fairtrade)
• Monitoring
and
evalua.on
(USDOL,
UNAIDS,
UN-­‐OCHA,
Fairtrade,
AICF)
• Data
analysis
(USDOL,
CDC,
UNAIDS,
UNICEF,
Fairtrade,
Reprieve,
NMF,
AICF)
• Development
of
minimum
standards
(UNICEF)
• Development
of
training
materials
(USDOL,
CDC,
World
Bank/IFC)
• Development
of
best
prac.ce
guides
(World
Vision)
• Capacity
building
ac.vi.es
(USDOL,
CDC)

5. USDOL-­‐Tulane
Collaboration
• Three
contracts
with
the
US
Department
of
Labor
(since
2006)
• Major
goals:
• Suppor.ng
the
implementa.on
of
the
Harkin-­‐
Engel
Protocol
• Assis.ng
interna.onal
efforts
to
eliminate
the
worst
forms
of
child
labor
(WFCL)
and
forced
adult
labor
(FAL)
in
the
cocoa
growing
areas
of
Côte
d’Ivoire
and
Ghana
• Yearly
reports
to
the
US
Congress

6. Ongoing/Planned
Project
Activities
(2012-­‐2015)
• Data
collec.on
in
Côte
d’Ivoire
and
Ghana:
1. Calculate
best
baseline
es.mates
on
the
number
of
children
working
in
the
WFCL
in
the
produc.on
of
cocoa
during
the
2008/2009
harvest
seasons
2. Develop
and
execute
na.onally
representa.ve
child
labor
surveys
during
the
2013/2014
cocoa
growing
season
in
Côte
d'Ivoire
and
Ghana
3. Report
on
differences
in
the
number
and
percentage
changes
of
children
working,
in
child
labor,
and
in
hazardous
work
between
the
2008/2009
and
2013/2014
es.mates
• Develop
and
share
public-­‐use
data
files
• Develop
and
share
survey
and
data
analysis
manuals
• Develop
training
materials
and
assist
na.onal
sta.s.cal
offices
in
iden.fying
and
execu.ng
capacity
building
ac.vi.es

11. Opportunities
for
Student
Involvement
• Research
assistants
• Work
study
• Internships?
• Other?

12. Research Partnerships
EcoPartnership on Wetland Research (2008)
US-China Energy and Environmental Technology Center (1977)
ST Hsieh
shsieh@tulane.edu
03/04/2013

13. Background
Tulane and East China Normal University (ECNU)
EcoPartnershipon Wetland Research
(www.EcoPartherships.gov)

14. Tulane University
Center of Bioenviornmental Research (CBR, 1989)
Dr. Michael Blum, Interim Director
• Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
• Eugenie Schwartz Professor of River and Coastal
Studies

16. Basic Research Themes:
• How do coastal marshes respond to storm
inundation?
• How do plant responses influence marsh
biodiversity?
• Do marsh plants migrate AND adapt to sea
level rise?
• Marsh plants shift AND adapt to changes in
salinity

17. Applied Research Themes
1. Carbon Sinks
2. Natural Water Purification
3.Hydrokinetics
4. EcoTourisms

18. US/China Energy and Environmental
Technology Center (EETC)
Promote Clean Energy Exchanges
between the USA (DOE) and China
(MOST)

19. Coal Use in the USA
1.06 GT
Mined in 25 states
Generates more than
50% of the electricity

20. Shale Plays in the USA
Natural Gas Boom (2010)
Fracking Technology
Shale Gas (LNG export)
Gas Liquids
Shale Oil

21. US Becomes Energy In-Dependent
Domestic: CNG/LNG for
transportation
International: US exports LNG

22. Feb. 1, 2013
A Concept Paper was
submitted to USAID:
US-China supports
Clean Development in
Africa

23. Research
among
Vulnerable
Popula3ons
in
Rwanda
Bridget
Lavin
Research
Assistant
Professor

24. CARE
Interna3onal
in
Rwanda
• Previous
evalua3ons/assessments
– HIV
case
management
– Mentoring
of
vulnerable
children
– Gender
based
violence
monitoring
• Previous
placements
of
Tulane
students
– Mapping
community
services
– Developing/edi3ng
training
materials
– Organizing
qualita3ve
data
collec3on

25. CARE
Interna3onal
in
Rwanda
• Ongoing
evalua3ons
– USAID-­‐funded
Child
survival/early
childhood
development
• Baseline
conducted
in
2011
• Midterm
and
End
of
Project
assessments
• Mixed
methods
– Surveys
of
mothers
– Anthropometric
data
from
children
– Surveys
of
community
health
workers
– In-­‐depth
interviews
with
key
stakeholders

26. Global
Communi3es
(CHF
Interna3onal)
in
Rwanda
• Previous
assessment
– USAID/Higa
Ubeho
Baseline
Survey
• Previous
placements
of
Tulane
students
– Development
of
program
monitoring
tools
– Coordina3ng
Baseline
Survey
• Ongoing
evalua3ons
– Midterm
and
End
of
Project
assessments

27. Rapid
Assessment
of
Children
Reintegrated
from
Orphanages
into
the
Community
• 5
month
project
for
UNICEF
Rwanda
• Research
ques3ons:
– What
are
the
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
various
methods
to
close
Rwanda’s
orphanages?
– What
are
the
outcomes
of
children
reintegrated
into
the
community
from
orphanages
using
various
methods?
• Methods
– Quan3ta3ve
surveys
– Qualita3ve
in-­‐depth
interviews
– Record
reviews

28. Rapid
Assessment
of
Children
Reintegrated
from
Orphanages
into
the
Community
• Poten3al
opportuni3es
for
students
– Literature
review
to
iden3fy
relevant
survey
instruments
– Data
analysis
planning
– Development
of
data
entry
screens
– Genera3on
of
tables/graphs
for
final
report

29. Other
Poten3als
(not
in
Rwanda)
• World
Vision
– Evalua3on
of
WV
Development
Approach
• Heartland
Alliance
– ME
for
Most
at
Risk
Popula3on
Projects,
Nigeria

30. A’s
Aces
–
Payson
Center
Project
Anna
Monhartova
• A’s
Aces
and
partnership
with
Tulane
• Project
objec8ves
(ME)
• Impact
• Opportuni8es
to
get
involved:
Programma8c
and
administra8ve
(AmeriCorps
and
private
corps,
volunteer
posi8ons)
www.AsAndAces.org

31. Embrace
or
reject?

32. Social
innova2ons
Ethical,
scalable
solu/ons
to
our
most
pressing
social
challenges
at
the
intersec2on
of
business,
nonprofit,
government
h;p://tulane.edu/
socialentrepreneurship
• ESRC/DFID
“Development
Fron2ers”
• USAID
DIV
• h;p://idea.usaid.gov/
organiza2on/div

33. Kakichuma
cellphone
gardens

34. Follow
up
www.llmurphy.net
• Kenya-­‐based
fieldwork
• Social
entrepreneurship
in
New
Orleans
at
Tulane

35. Challenges
to
the
Liberal
Paradigm
Dr.
Stanley
Samarasinghe