Reading Materials
- Topic Overview
- Building Resilient Societies: Education in Post-Disaster Contexts
- Education Pathways and Opportunities for Adolescents
| Author: Rebecca Winthrop |
| Source: Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution |
| Date: September 2010 |
| Source: The Economist |
| Date: January 21, 2010 |
Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Education Proves Key |
| Source: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| Date: August 2008 |
| Author: Gene B. Sperling |
| Source: Share the World's Resources |
| Date: November 20, 2007 |
Rebuilding Haiti's Education System One Year After the Quake |
| Author: Pi James |
| Source: UNICEF |
| Date: January 10, 2011 |
UNESCO's "philosopher with boots" help rebuild education after Benin flooding |
| Source: UNESCO |
| Date: January 5, 2011 |
Rapid Joint Education Needs Assessment (Benin), pages 2-3
| Author: Allison Anderson |
| Source: Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution |
| Date: September 2010 |
School By School: The Transformation of New Orleans Public Education |
| Author: Andre Perry and Michael Schwam-Baird |
| Source: Brookings Institution and Greater New Orleans Community Data Center |
| Date: August 2010 |
| Author: Pi James |
| Source: UNICEF |
| Date: August 30, 2010 |
| Source: Women's Refugee Commission |
| Date: December 2009 |
| Author: Carrie Berg, Saeed Ullah Khan, Radha Rajkotia, and Lily Stern |
| Source: European Institute for Solidarity based Economy |
| Date: June 2009 |
The Economic Participation of Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Why Does It Matter? |
| Author: Andrew Morrison and Shwetlena Sabarwal |
| Source: The World Bank |
| Date: December 2008 |
Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't In School and What to do About It?- Overview |
| Author: Maureen Lewis and Marlaine Lockheed |
| Source: Center for Global Development |
| Date: January 4, 2007 |
| Author: Renee Montagne |
| Source: NPR Date: November 25, 2010 |
- Topic Overview
- Changing Tides: Addressing Ocean Degradation
- The Anatomy of a Building: Breaking Down Our Built Environment
| Author: Bill McKibben |
| Source: National Geographic |
| Date: March 2009 |
| Source: The Economist |
| Date: April 21, 2005 |
| Author: Alex Steffen |
| Source: TED Talks |
| Date: February 2005 |
A Primeval Tide of Toxins, part of the Altered Oceans series |
| Author: Kenneth R. Weiss |
| Source: LA Times |
| Date: July 30, 2006 |
Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas, part of the Altered Oceans series |
| Author: Kenneth R. Weiss |
| Source: Los Angeles Times |
| Date: August 2, 2006 |
| Author: Seth Bornstein |
| Source: Associated Press |
| Date: February 19, 2011 |
| Source: The Economist |
| Date: September 4, 2008 |
The case for super-ambitious Living Buildings. A talk with Jason McLennan |
| Author: Jonathan Hiskes |
| Source: |
| Date: September 30, 2010 |
| Author: David Cohan |
| Source: trim tab |
| Date: Fall 2009 |
| Suggested Reading: Pages 10-12 |
- Topic Overview Author: Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual and Stephen Stedman Source: Managing Global Security, Brookings Institution Date: November 2008 Suggested Reading: Executive Summary
- LGBT Rights in the US and Beyond Author: Benoit Denizet-Lewis Source: New York Times Date: September 23, 2009
- Scarcity and Crisis: Food, Water, and Energy as a Right and a Conflict Driver Author: Lester Brown Source: Foreign Policy Date: January 10, 2011
Author: Alexis Okoweo Source: The New Yorker Date: February 2, 2011
Explaining American School Gay Bullying Epidemic
Author: Thomas Rogers Source: Salon Date: December 12, 2010What does the Arab world do when its water runs out?
Author: John Vidal Source: The Observer Date: February 20, 2011Resource scarcity, climate change and the risk of violent conflict
Author: Alex Evans Source: Global Dashboard Date: September 10, 2010Author: Paul Krugman Source: New York Times Date: February 7, 2011
- Topic Overview
- Seeking Shelter: The Power of Safe and Affordable Housing
- On the Edge: Poverty Along the US-Mexico Border
Social Experiments to Fight Poverty
Author: Esther Duflo Source: TED Talks Date: May 4, 2010Measuring Global Poverty: Whose Problem Now?
Source: The Economist Date: September 30, 2010A Plan to Make Homelessness History
Author: David Bornstein Source: The New York Times Date: December 20, 2010Haiti's Rainy Season could mean Suffering is in the Forecast
Author: Manuel Roig-Franzia Source: The Washington Post Date: April 4, 2010The United States-Mexico Border Region at a Glance
Source: The United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Date: 2003Paving the Way: The Colonias of the Mexican Border
Source: The EconomistDate: January 27, 2011
- Topic Overview
- Scaling up, Saving Lives: Confronting the Health Workforce Crisis
- The Global Paradox: Hunger and Obesity
| Source: World Health Organization |
| Date: December 2010 |
| Author: Hans Rosling |
| Source: TED Talks |
| Date: November 26, 2010 |
| Author: Sarah Boseley |
| Source: Guardian |
| Date: January 18, 2011 |
| Source: Global Health Workforce Alliance |
| Date: January 26, 2011 |
| Source: World Health Organization |
| Date: 2006 |
Obesity in the midst of unyielding food insecurity in developing countries |
| Author: Stacey Rosen and Shahla Shapouri |
| Source: Economic Research Service, USDA |
| Date: January 1, 2010 |
| Author: Emma Gustafson |
| Source: TED Talks |
| Date: July 2010 |
| Author: Felicity Lawrence |
| Source: Guardian |
| Date: October 29, 2010 |
| Author: Pam Fessler |
| Source: NPR |
| Date: July 20, 2010 |
