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Transcript of Tulane Payson Center Faculty Research Overview
Professor Colin Crawford
Child Labor in West African Cocoa Production and Other Research Payson Center for Interna.onal Development Elke de Buhr, PhD
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
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)
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
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
Opportunities for Student Involvement • Research assistants • Work study • Internships? • Other?
Research Partnerships���
EcoPartnership on Wetland Research (2008) US-China Energy and Environmental Technology Center (1977)
ST Hsieh
03/04/2013
Background
Tulane and East China Normal University (ECNU) EcoPartnershipon Wetland Research
(www.EcoPartherships.gov)
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
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
���Applied Research Themes���1. Carbon Sinks ���2. Natural Water Purification���3.Hydrokinetics���4. EcoTourisms
US/China Energy and Environmental Technology Center (EETC)
Promote Clean Energy Exchanges between the USA (DOE) and China (MOST)
Coal Use in the USA 1.06 GT
Mined in 25 states Generates more than 50% of the electricity
Shale Plays in the USA���Natural Gas Boom (2010)
Fracking Technology Shale Gas (LNG export)
Gas Liquids Shale Oil
US Becomes Energy In-Dependent������
Domestic: CNG/LNG for transportation���
International: US exports LNG ������
Feb. 1, 2013���A Concept Paper was submitted to USAID: ���US-China supports
Clean Development in Africa
Research among Vulnerable Popula3ons in Rwanda
Bridget Lavin Research Assistant Professor
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
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
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
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
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
Other Poten3als (not in Rwanda)
• World Vision – Evalua3on of WV Development Approach
• Heartland Alliance – M&E for Most at Risk Popula3on Projects, Nigeria
A’s & Aces – Payson Center Project Anna Monhartova
• A’s & Aces and partnership with Tulane • Project objec8ves (M&E) • Impact • Opportuni8es to get involved:
Programma8c and administra8ve (AmeriCorps and private corps, volunteer posi8ons)
www.AsAndAces.org
Embrace or reject?
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
Kakichuma cellphone & gardens
Follow up
www.llmurphy.net • Kenya-‐based fieldwork
• Social entrepreneurship in New Orleans & at Tulane
Challenges to the Liberal Paradigm Dr. Stanley Samarasinghe