Browsing Kalamazoo College - ICRPs - Thailand by Title
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Democratic Politics in the Era of Globalization
(2002-02-18)This paper looks at the connections between political legitimacy gained through the voice of the people and the current development trends in globalization. Using Burma as a case study, there is an analysis of how the ... -
Education for Lahu and Akha Slum Children: Benefits and Barriers
(2002-02-18)The Health Project for Tribal People (HPTP) launched a daycare center in July 2001 in response to requests by the Lahu and Akha tribal people living in the slum areas of Chiang Mai. The daycare center makes early educational ... -
Empowering Refugees for Sustainability
(2002-02-18)In this paper, I examine ways the illegitimate military regime in Burma systematically denies its people access to basic needs, and creates an environment in over a million of its people see their only option for survival ... -
Getting in the Driver's Seat Creating Sustainable Development for Indigenous (and all) People
(2002-02-18)This paper looks at the various definitions of development and their implications through exploring the 'culture ofdevelopment' that exists in large international aid and nongovernmental organizations. An example of the ... -
Measuring Up: Sustainable Indexes and Urban Development
(2002-02-18)Over the past 20 years, Chiang Mai has experienced rapid growth and development. Now the second largest city in Thailand, the city faces many urban development problems with few signs of positive solutions. Spending the ... -
A New Life: From Oppression to Empowerment at the New Life Center
(2002-02-18)This paper outlines the history and structure of the New Life Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand, an organization that works to combat the exploitation of young women of Thai hill tribe ethnicity. It also includes a discussion ... -
Of The People, By The People, and For The People: Participatatory Learning and Action
(2002-02-18)Participatory Development techniques have become en vogue in development theory and practice, but some are more effective than others. This paper discusses Participatory Learning and Action (PLA), a set of participatory ... -
Sustainable Transportation: What Can Chiang Mai Learn?
(2002-02-18)The sustainability of transportation systems around the world is growing in importance each year. This paper examines how an internship with an NOD in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai has presented the author with ... -
Viengping Children's Home: How One Welfare Home has Dealt with the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
(2002-02-18)In this paper, I examine how Viengping Children's Home (VCH) deals with HIV positive children at their home. In the introduction, I discuss what my job entailed at VCH and who works there. In the research section, I discuss ... -
Yahoo Lahu! The Hypothetical Establishment of a Health Project for Tribal People in the United States
(2002-02-18)Thailand underwent "the fastest spread of HIV ever documented." Most of the infections were concentrated in the North, which is also the region containing the majority of Thailand's tribal people. In response to inadequate ...