User talk:Sraman195

Hi everyone, my name is Shivani and I am a sophomore majoring in Cognitive Sciences and minoring in PJHC, on a pre-med track. I am passionate about poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and public health issues. I look forward to this semester and listening to the unique perspectives of all of my peers in this course! Sraman195 (talk) 02:05, 1 September 2016 (UTC)(SRaman)

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Spring 2017: WikiTopics
Topic 1: Food Insecurity in the United States

Interest: I became interested in this topic after learning about the link between food insecurity and noncommunicable diseases while conducting public health research through a non-profit organization in Houston called Brighter Bites. As a pre-medical student, I am interested in understanding the ways in which community-level factors impact the health of vulnerable populations. Additionally, I did my PowerPoint presentation on this topic for SOCI 371. Thus, I would like to use my extracurricular experiences and prior knowledge to further explore this issue.

Wikipedia Contribution: There is an existing Wikipedia article titled “Hunger in the United States.” I plan to add to the section titled “Causes,” as the existing article only discusses poverty as the cause of hunger and fails to mention the political and environmental factors that influence food availability and access. I also plan to add to the “Fighting hunger” section to include more indirect solutions (e.g. improving transportation infrastructure), as the existing article only provides solutions that are directly targeted at hunger (e.g. SNAP, School Lunch Program, etc.).

References to Scholarly Sources:

Alaimo, K., R. R. Briefel, E. A. Frongillo, and C. M. Olson. "Food Insufficiency Exists in the United States: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)." American Journal of Public Health 88.3 (1998): 419-26. Web.

Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. Print.

Burchi, Francesco, and Pasquale De Muro. "A Human Development and Capability Approach to Food Security: Conceptual Framework and Informational Basis." United Nations Development Programme (2012): n. pag. Web.

Collier, Paul. "The Politics of Hunger: How Illusion and Greed Fan the Food Crisis." Foreign Affairs 87.6 (2008): 67-79. Web.

Fairris, David, and Michael Reich. "The Impacts of Living Wage Policies: Introduction to the Special Issue*." Industrial Relations 44.1 (2005): 1-13. Web.

Fields, Scott. "The Fat of the Land: Do Agricultural Subsidies Foster Poor Health?" Environmental Health Perspectives 112.14 (2004): n. pag. Web.

Fitchen, Janet M. "Hunger, Malnutrition, and Poverty in the Contemporary United States: Some Observations on Their Social and Cultural Context." Food and Foodways 2.1 (1987): 309-33. Web.

Gundersen, Craig. "The Economics of Food Insecurity in the United States." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33.3 (2011): 281-303. Web.

Ratcliffe, C., S.-M. Mckernan, and S. Zhang. "How Much Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reduce Food Insecurity?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93.4 (2011): 1082-098. Web.

Riches, Graham. First World Hunger: Food Security and Welfare Politics. New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1997. Print.

Walker, Renee E., Christopher R. Keane, and Jessica G. Burke. "Disparities and Access to Healthy Food in the United States: A Review of Food Deserts Literature." Health & Place 16.5 (2010): 876-84. Web.

Wunderlich, Gooloo S., and Janet L. Norwood. Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure. Washington, D.C.: National Academies, 2006. Print.

Topic 2: Foreign aid to Haiti

Interest: I became interested in this topic after watching the documentary “Poverty, Inc.,” which sheds light on the adverse effects of U.S. aid to Haiti. The documentary portrays the West as “the protagonist of development” and shows how seemingly good intentions can give rise to dependency and exacerbate human deprivation.

Wikipedia Contribution: There is an existing Wikipedia article on this topic (titled “Foreign aid to Haiti”), and I simply plan to add to it. The existing article mentions only the positive effects of foreign aid to Haiti. I plan to write about the negative impacts of foreign aid, which includes Haiti’s dependence on more affluent nations (due to donation surpluses) and its lack of local entrepreneurial activity. Ultimately, my goal is to show that foreign aid can restrain the capabilities of Haitian citizens, thereby hampering development.

References to Scholarly Sources:

Arellano, Cristina, Aleš Bulíř, Timothy Lane, and Leslie Lipschitz. "The Dynamic Implications of Foreign Aid and Its Variability." Journal of Development Economics 88.1 (2009): 87-102. Web. 7 Sept. 2016.

Brautigam, Deborah. Aid Dependence and Governance. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2000. Print.

Buss, Terry F., and Adam Gardner. "9: Why Foreign Aid to Haiti Failed—and How to Do It Better Next Time." Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy: Lessons for the Next Half-century. New York: Routledge, 2015. N. pag. Print.

Buss, Terry F., and Adam Gardner. Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid Has Failed and What We Can Do about It. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2008. Print.

Dupuy, A. "Commentary Beyond the Earthquake: A Wake-Up Call for Haiti." Latin American Perspectives 37.3 (2010): 195-204. Web. 7 Sept. 2016.

Easterly, William. The Cartel of Good Intentions: Bureaucracy versus Markets in Foreign Aid. Working paper no. 4. Center for Global Development, Mar. 2002. Web. 7 Sept. 2016.

Hattori, Tomohisa. "Reconceptualizing Foreign Aid." Review of International Political Economy 8.4 (2001): 633-60. Web. 7 Sept. 2016.

Reinert, Erik S. Development and Social Goals: Balancing Aid and Development to Prevent ‘Welfare Colonialism’. Rep. no. 3. The Other Canon Foundation, Norway and Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Jan. 2006. Web. 7 Sept. 2016.

Schuller, Mark. "Gluing Globalization: NGOs as Intermediaries in Haiti." Political and Legal Anthropology Review 32.1 (2009): 84-104. American Anthropological Association. Web. 07 Sept. 2016. .

Sogge, David. Give and Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid? New York: Zed, 2002. Print.Sraman195 (talk) 04:44, 25 January 2017 (UTC)