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Hunter - there is not a lot of info listed for the Feb 18th class #6 (see
below). Should I include the info from class #5 the previous week for
Dr.Shah?

*Introduction*
This course examines the impact of advocacy on political leaders, staff,
and other
stakeholders responsible for shaping and managing international policy,
global
crisis, and conflict. The course uses case study examples of advocacy in
four real
world situations. Each case will consist of two parts:
1. Discussion of an issue, policy, or event based on assigned reading(s);
2. An interactive group session with a policymaker, staff member, or other
principal stakeholder who played a significant role or who has specific
expertise or who played in the subject of the case study.


CLASS #6 – February 18 – Famine During an Age of Plenty: The Role of
Advocacy in the Relief and Exacerbation of Global Hunger
Discussion with a principal, stakeholder or subject matter expert.
Memo #2 Due
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• CLASS #5 – February 11 – Famine During an Age of Plenty: The Role of
Advocacy in the Relief and Exacerbation of Global Hunger
Topics/Themes:
o Advocacy by NGOs, international bodies/organizations, and industry;
o Commercial interests versus environmentalism versus humanitarian need;
o Competing/conflicting interests;
o Unintended consequences;
o Moral dilemmas in advocacy
We will examine the impact of stakeholder advocacy on hunger and food
security
issues in the developing world. We will focus on the clash between economic
security and growth policies among economic superpowers and “fair trade”
initiatives intended to relieve extreme poverty and famine. These sessions
will
focus on the complex array of NGOs, policymakers, and commercial interests
that influence global food policy and social outcomes.
6
Required Readings:
• Roger Thurow & Scott Kilman, Enough: Why the Poorest Starve in an Age of
Plenty
• World Food Program USA, “Roadmap for Continued U.S. Leadership to End
Global Hunger”, 2012. http://tinyurl.com/ldqjjnr
• David Rogers, “Intense lobbying threatens farm bill”, Politico, December
3,
2013. http://tinyurl.com/kduadxu
Reference/Recommended:
• Paul Collier, “The Politics of Hunger”, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2008.
• Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Global Agricultural Development
Initiative, “2012 Progress Report on U.S. Leadership in Global Agricultural
Development”, http://tinyurl.com/ccm9o2z
• Chicago Council on Global Affairs, “U.S. Agriculture and Nutrition Policy
Statement: Transforming American Food and Agriculture Policy”, June 20,
2012, http://tinyurl.com/cdvynjx
• “Five Steps to Make Our Aid More Effective and Save More Than $2 Billion”
USAID Monitor, http://tinyurl.com/7c5aczg
• Melissa D. Ho and Charles Hanrahan, “International Food Aid Programs:
Background and Issues”, Congressional Research Service, February 3, 2010
• Mark Lynas, Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/aza569p
• United Nations World Food Programme: http://www.wfp.org/hunger
• U.S. Feed the Future Initiative: http://www.feedthefuture.gov/
• Oxfam: http://www.oxfam.org/en
• USAID http://www.usaid.gov/
• Millennium Challenge Corporation http://www.mcc.gov/
• The Chicago Council on Public Affairs: Global Agricultural Development
Initiative: http://tinyurl.com/d7edvqr
• The Reality of Aid http://www.realityofaid.org/
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*Katie Dodge*
Executive Assistant/ Office Manager
*Rosemont Seneca Partners*
*1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW, #705*
*Washington, DC 20007*
*202-333-1880