2011 IEDP-Grenada: Sep 10, 2010

About IEDP

About IEDP

The IEDP was established in 1999 by the IPSA at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. It is a student initiated, three-credit program that serves as a forum for students to discuss the challenges faced by developing economies. IEDP participants engage in a seven-week course in the winter semester, extensively studying the country of choice, and then take a one-week trip to the country over Spring Break. During the trip, IEDP students conduct extensive interviews and discussions with policymakers, members of civil society, foreign development agencies and university students. So far the IEDP has visited 11 countries, including Ethiopia, Cuba, Morocco, China, Costa Rica, Peru, Jordan, Senegal and the Philippines. The country of study for 2011 is Grenada, the first country from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the IEDP's history.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Life and debt - trailer

Life and Debt is a feature-length documentary which addresses the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and current globalization policies on a developing country such as Jamaica.

Learn more about this film, go to http://www.lifeanddebt.org/

Have watched this film? Share your thought and opinion with us!

The 2009 International Economic Development Program: Senegal

IPSA/IPC Panel Rediscovering the Caribbean: An overview of economic, environmental and public health policy in the region

IPSA/IPC Panel

Rediscovering the Caribbean: An overview of economic, environmental and public health policy in the region

September 14, 2010. 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Annenberg Auditorium. 1120 Weill Hall

Panelists:

Susan M. Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy

Alan Deardorff, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Department of Economics

Mark B. Padilla, School of Public Health

Susan Waltz, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

IPSA/IPC panel on “Rediscovering the Caribbean: An overview of economic, environmental, and public health policy in the region” will provide an overview of various policy issues in the Caribbean, helping us better understand this important neighboring region. The panelists will discuss the political features of the policy making environment, macroeconomic performance and policy in the Caribbean region, international trade policy and trade agreements, and ecological association between HIV risk and tourism.