INTL 102: World Poverty

Heidi McNamara

University of California, San Diego

h1hall@ucsd.edu

September 28, 2016

Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section

Who Am I?

Heidi McNamara

Email: h1hall@ucsd.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays9-11

Office: SSB 343

Website: heidimcnamara.com

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Grades and such

I 20%: Two 500 word essays (10% each) on a day’s worth ofreadings. Sign up now! Due in section the week of thereadings, AND through Turnitin.com on TED.

I 20%: Take-home midterm. Handed out October 26th (Wed)and due October 31 (Mon)

I 40%: Final exam

I 20%: Section attendance and participation. 3 shortassignments are rolled into this grade.

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Assignment #1

I Available on TED now. Under the Content Tab

I Due in section next week (October 6th)

I Please be legible

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500 word essays

I Sign up for days that sound interesting to you (sheet goingaround now).

I Less is more. Answering one question well will get you abetter grade than trying to talk about everything.

I Think 5 paragraph essay:I Intro where you state the question you’re answering and your

thesis (your answer to the question)I A few (3?) body paragraphs where you make distinct points,

using evidence from the assigned readingsI Conclusion paragraph where you restate what you’ve argued

and how it answers the question you posed.

I Turn a hard copy in to me in section, AND an electronicversion through Turnitin. There’s a folder of Turnitinassignments (pick the appropriate day) in the Content tab ofTED.

Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section

500 word essays

I Sign up for days that sound interesting to you (sheet goingaround now).

I Less is more. Answering one question well will get you abetter grade than trying to talk about everything.

I Think 5 paragraph essay:I Intro where you state the question you’re answering and your

thesis (your answer to the question)I A few (3?) body paragraphs where you make distinct points,

using evidence from the assigned readingsI Conclusion paragraph where you restate what you’ve argued

and how it answers the question you posed.

I Turn a hard copy in to me in section, AND an electronicversion through Turnitin. There’s a folder of Turnitinassignments (pick the appropriate day) in the Content tab ofTED.

Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section

500 word essays

I Sign up for days that sound interesting to you (sheet goingaround now).

I Less is more. Answering one question well will get you abetter grade than trying to talk about everything.

I Think 5 paragraph essay:I Intro where you state the question you’re answering and your

thesis (your answer to the question)I A few (3?) body paragraphs where you make distinct points,

using evidence from the assigned readingsI Conclusion paragraph where you restate what you’ve argued

and how it answers the question you posed.

I Turn a hard copy in to me in section, AND an electronicversion through Turnitin. There’s a folder of Turnitinassignments (pick the appropriate day) in the Content tab ofTED.

Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section

500 word essays

I Sign up for days that sound interesting to you (sheet goingaround now).

I Less is more. Answering one question well will get you abetter grade than trying to talk about everything.

I Think 5 paragraph essay:I Intro where you state the question you’re answering and your

thesis (your answer to the question)I A few (3?) body paragraphs where you make distinct points,

using evidence from the assigned readingsI Conclusion paragraph where you restate what you’ve argued

and how it answers the question you posed.

I Turn a hard copy in to me in section, AND an electronicversion through Turnitin. There’s a folder of Turnitinassignments (pick the appropriate day) in the Content tab ofTED.

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Expectations

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Any other logistical questions?

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Big Questions

How can we best define poverty? What should be included in thismeasure? How should we measure it?

What constitutes consumption?

How can we best define inequality? Is inequality bad?

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A Few Foundation Definitions–Poverty

Headcount vs Headcount Index

Poverty Gap

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index vs. World Bankincome-based poverty line

Gender Inequality (and how it relates to poverty)

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More Foundational Concepts–Inequality

Lorenz Curve

Gini Coefficient

Income shares

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Gini Coefficient

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Discussion Questions

When thinking about how to alleviate poverty and mitigateinequality, what should our goals be?

Is inequality morally wrong? Is poverty? Should it matter if it’smorally wrong for our policy decisions?

How should we define poverty? What components are important?Should this definition vary by location (i.e. should developingcountries have a different definition of poverty than developedcountries)?

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