Center for International Policy Studies

Center for International Policy Studies
Mission: The Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS) facilitates research on international development from a multidisciplinary perspective, with linkages across Fordham schools. Through partnerships with academia, governments, nongovernmental and international organizations, and businesses, the Center participates in an international research network that shares knowledge about the impact of economic, social, political and legal policies on development at the household, community, and national levels with the goal of increasing interest, and designing and implementing models to improve development.	Current Articles From Dream to Action: Immigration Reform in New York discussion - press coverage CIPS launches Research Unit on Social Justice Professor Maps Disableds' Economic Well-Being in Developing Nations Determinants of Remittances in Developing Countries Foreign Assistance in the Americas World Bank revises 2007 remittance estimates Beyond Aid: New Sources and Innovative Mechanisms for Financing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Emily Hibbets, CRS Burkina Faso



Recent and upcoming events Spring 2013 Immigration Reform and Financial Inclusion : reaching the double unbanked Fordham CIPS Workshop Thursday May 2^nd 5:30pm - 7:20pm Room 530 Dealy Hall Speakers include: Erick Rengifo - Director CIPS Linda Levy - ceo Les peoples fcu Melissa Garcia Veles - NYSYLC Alfredo Cuecuecha, Jairo Guzman & Fred Fernandez Darryl McLeod - CIPS & Alicia Portada - Les Peoples IAN Grotton, Anuar Juardini & Andrew Kingsley Refreshments will be served! Click here for more infomation Wangari Maathai Lectures series on Sustainable Development in Africa Monday April 22^nd 2:30pm Room 204 Dealy Hall Anna D'Souza, Research Economist, USDA-ERS bio-webpage Food Security and Development Branch, Trade Economics Division Food Security in Africa and beyond Wangari Maathai Lectures program for more details (pdf) with Ali Zafar, World Bank's Senior Economist for the African Region as its first speaker. Mr. Zafar will give a talk on "Macroeconomic Challenges to Sustainable Growth in Africa". April 15th 2013, Dealy Hall 530 - Economics Conference Room, 4pm, Fordham University Rose Hill Campus. From Dream to Action: Immigration Reform in New York discussion. Panelists include: Cardinal Roger Mahony - Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, “California Dream Acts”, Bill Perkins - State Senator (Harlem) NYS Dream Act co-sponsor, Fatima Shama - Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Elsa Cruz Pearson - Immigrant Student Rights Project, Advocates for Children , Father Francis Skelly - Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Bronx, Aryah Somers- The Door, New York City, Professor Norma Fuentes - Fordham University and Professor Alyshia Galvez & Maria Garcia, “The Lehman Dream Team, October 11th 2011, Fordham Lincoln Center, 113th West 60th Street, 12th Floor. See press coverage of this event A film by Dr. Roy Germano, "The Other Side of Immigration", with a special performance by the Mexican Hip Hop Group Hisponos Causando Paniko (HCP), April 15th 2011, Keating Hall 110, Fordham University Rose Hill Campus Prof. Amy Schwartz talk, "Do Small Schools Improve Performance in Large, Urban Districts? Causal Evidence from New York City" April 28th 2011, Flom Auditorium Walsh Library, Fordham University Rose Hill Campus The Human Development Report Presentation by Dr. Francisco Rodriguez, May 4th 2011, Flom Auditorium Walsh Library, Fordham University Rose Hill Campus Second annual CIPS Migration and Microfinance research conference, March 26, 2010, O’Hare Collections Room, Walsh Library (3rd floor) Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus ChildFriendly Budgets for 2010 and Beyond: Toward Global Economy Recovery with a Human face. A Policy Forum and Workshop Jointly Organized by Fordham University’s Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS) - Social Justice and Policy Unit, Fordham’s International Political Economy and Development (IPED) Program, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Lowenstein Hall at Lincoln Center, 12th floor, 18-19 February 2010, New York City ). (The conference flyer). CIPS - Economics: Microfinance and Migration panel series Remittances, microfinance and mobile banking in rural Africa and Mexico, Thursday October 8th 3.30 -6 pm E 530 Dealy Economics Conference Room. Inaugural GARP meeting Douglas Martin, Co-founder, CEO and Chairman, FinAnalytica Wed. Apr. 29th, 6 pm Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library John Ohiorhenuan,Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Enabling Local Ingenuity Thursday, Dec. 4th, 4 pm Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library Immigration, Remittances and Financial Inclusion Workshop Friday, Nov. 14th, 8:30-3:30 O'Hare Room, Walsh Library