BY ALLISON GRANDE, HANNAH KYLE, EMILY SCHAUB, and PABLO VILLAR VILEIKIS
IDEV students traveled to Telangana, India to quantify the impact that having access to eye care can have for patients in rural India.
BY GRACE CRAMER, ADAM WEBER, LYNN PHANG AND ERIN SMITH
IDEV students visit New Delhi, India, to study the potential for the country's delicious street food to deliver vital micronutrients to low-income consumers.
BY ANSHU SINGH, CAROLINE AYES, REBECCA HOLE AND SHAHA ZEHRA
Research reports don't always reflect ground realities accurately. IDEV students travel to Cambodia to design a business model for scaling up access to sanitation services and make some surprising discoveries along the way.
BY IRENE RIVERA CALDERON, GRACE CHAO, ROCHANA COORAY, AND KARINA ASBJORNSEN
IDEV students travel to Hyderabad and Lucknow, India, to discover the excitement and challenges of working with innovative financial tools for promoting development.
BY LILIANNE BIDOU, LAUREN PURNELL, SAM WILLIFORD AND KATE ALBERS
SAIS IDEV STUDENTS HEADED TO UGANDA TO LEARN ABOUT WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY THE WORK OF A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS IMPROVING WOMEN'S LIVES FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.
BY MERCY ANGUAH, ANQI GUAN, MARIA LOPEZ CONDE AND LEMUEL ROBINSON
CHINA IS REINVENTING ITS ROLE IN THE WORLD, MAKING EFFORTS TO GREEN ITS ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT WITHIN ITS OWN COUNTRY AND ABROAD. SAIS IDEV STUDENTS TRAVELED TO BEIJING TO BUILD A CASE FOR INCREASING ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND KENYA IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES.
BY KRISHNAN RAGHAVAN, LAURA KUANG, AND HIMMAT SINGH SANDHU
SAIS IDEV STUDENTS HEAD TO NAIROBI, KENYA TO BUILD A BUSINESS CASE FOR INCREASING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES.
BY ETHAN GREEN, ORNELLA KAZE, ANIKET MAITRA, AND GREGORY WEISSMAN
OUR NEWEST INSTALLMENT OF THE PRACTICUM BLOG SERIES TAKES US TO MUMBAI, INDIA, WHERE A TEAM OF SAIS IDEV STUDENTS ANALYZED THE IMPACT OF INDIA'S DEMONETIZATION ON SMALL MERCHANTS AND THE FINTECH SECTOR.
BY SARAH PICCINI, CORINNE HOOGAKKER, ARTI SRIVASTAVA, and BRITTANY GRABEL
AN IDEV PRACTICUM TEAM TRAVELS TO INDIA TO DEVISE A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS UNDERNUTRITION IN MEGACITIES USING NEW DELHI AS A CASE STUDY.
BY BERKIN SAFAK SENER, ROSE FISHMAN, ANGELA MADERO, AND GALEN WINEY
AN IDEV PRACTICUM TEAM HEADS TO CHENNAI, INDIA TO FIND OUT HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP HEALTH WORKERS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
BY JUSTIN AHMED, LAURA SAIKI CHAVES, AND TCHI SOGOYOU
AN IDEV PRACTICUM TEAM HEADS TO CAIRO, EGYPT TO TAKE STOCK OF CIVIL SOCIETY AFTER THE ARAB SPRING.
BY JULIENNE LAULER, DEEA ARIANA, ASHLEY AUGSBURGER, AND GABOR DEBRECZENI
SECOND-YEAR IDEV STUDENTS SHARE VALUABLE LESSONS ABOUT FIELD RESEARCH, GLEANED FROM THEIR TRAVELS TO CHENNAI, INDIA AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICUM.
BY MARK MAPLES, AMIRA KARIM, YULIYA GOSNELL, AND TOMMY KIM
SECOND-YEAR IDEV PRACTICUM STUDENTS REFLECT ON THEIR FIELDWORK EXPLORING CHINA'S ROLE IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN KENYA.
BY KATHERINE DELAVAN, NANDITA KOTWAL, KAMMI SHEELER, AND COLIN WRIGHT
ANOTHER TEAM OF SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS IN THE IDEV PRACTICUM TRAVELS TO THE FIELD TO MONITOR THEIR PROJECT, THIS TIME EXPLORING SANITATION ISSUES IN CHENNAI, INDIA.
BY ERINA IWAMI, VALERIE TAN, REI ANNO, AND RIAD HOURY
AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICUM, SECOND-YEAR IDEV STUDENTS TRAVELED TO SRI LANKA TO EVALUATE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LIVELIHOODS FROM FISHERIES IN THE NEGOMBO LAGOON.
BY ANDREW CARUSO, DANIELLE NESMITH, TERESA PETERBURS, AND EGLE VILKELYTE
SECOND-YEAR IDEV STUDENTS RECOUNT THEIR EXPERIENCE TRAVELING TO NIGERIA TO EVALUATE A CHINESE INVESTMENT PROJECT AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICUM.
BY GRACE HARTER, MEREDITH KUMMINGS, JOANNA VAN ASSELT & DAN HUDNER
Our practicum team traveled to Leyte, an island in the Eastern Visaya chain of the Philippines, over the January break to perform a qualitative assessment of people’s resilience to natural disaster as part of a project for Mercy Corps. We are currently working on evaluating both the qualitative and quantitative data, and some of our initial findings have surprised us.
BY NOAH SCHLOSSER, GREGOR SCHUELER, PRZEMYSLAW GARBACZEWSKI & LAURA ANDERSON
WE WERE ASKED TO COME UP WITH A BUSINESS CASE FOR INVESTING IN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ENERGY IN CAMBODIA. THE CHALLENGE WAS TO FIND A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE BUSINESS MODEL THAT WOULD NOT RELY ON GRANTS OR SUBSIDIES. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE LESS STRAIGHT FORWARD THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
