Something I have done as a final exam is to select four world bank projects
in places we have already studied, have them pick one and read the project
documents, and then write on (a) whether the project content or the bank's
approach has changed in any visible way in response to the avalanches of
criticism in the past [which they have read in detail], and (b) whether the
environmental assessment seems solid. They LOVE doing this. I have to
be careful selecting the projects to make sure they aren't utterly
ridiculous, and I make sure I'm picking projects that are environmentally
sensitive so the bank has real challenges to deal with.
If you're doing this in class you could simply pick one project.
Interesting perhaps to pick a project in a country where a project of
similar type in that country became enormously controversial earlier (so
dams in China or India or Brazil, etc).
Good luck!
Meg McKean
Duke University\\
--On Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:48 PM -0800 Kate O'Neill
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear gep-eders,
I am wondering if anyone has suggestions for easily assembled class
exercises that can cover either major WTO-environment issues (e.g. one
of the major cases) or World Bank development issues (e.g. a dam
controversy). I'm thinking along the lines of some fairly
straightforward material that students can read in advance, then discuss
in class. Or even role play? Or a good, widely available film/
documentary that covers some of these issues? I'm putting this together
somewhat at the last minute, and as back-up: these are for lectures that
are happening over the next week,
Thanks so much,
Kate
