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325: Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Ecuador Summer 2011

Ware Institute for Civic Engagement IST325: Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Ecuador

Franklin & Marshall College Summer 2011

Dr. Susan Dicklitch The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement Telephone: 291-4164 2nd Floor, Steinman College Center Email: susan.dicklitch@fandm.edu Class Location: JJ International Center, Meeting times: 9:30am noon (Monday-Thursday) Lancaster, PA, Ecuador Meeting times for Survival Spanish: 1:30-4:00pm (Monday-Friday) Instructor: Dr. Donna Chambers

Course Goals:

This course is a 10-week, 2 credit community-based learning seminar, and community-based learning internship for credit. Students will spend two weeks at Franklin & Marshall College and then eight weeks in Ecuador, working with an organization called, Social Entrepreneurship Corps http://www.socialentrepreneurcorps.com/. Students will be introduced to the theories and realities of the role of social entrepreneurs in economic development. In Ecuador, students will be placed in home stays and will be trained by Social Entrepreneurship Corps staff to work with local womens organizations as consultants for social enterprises, for the benefit of the community.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, students will have: 1) Identified the key challenges to development in Ecuador 2) Applied their theoretical knowledge to real-life situations in the field through the use of a reflection journal, and hands-on work with indigenous organizations in Ecuador 3) Presented their findings in a well-crafted, professional power-point or other media-savvy venue in Fall 2010 4) Gained insights into the opportunities, inherent risks and limitations involved in third world development 5) Significantly increased Spanish- language proficiency 6) Observed, learned and lived in a diversity of cultural settings 7) Made a significant contribution in a highly structured manner working side by side with field based social entrepreneurs 8) Gained an understanding of the key differences, advantages and disadvantages of varied international relief and economic development models 9) Will feel knowledgeable with regards to the challenges and opportunities inherent in the creation of successful social entrepreneurship models, implementation strategies and tactics.

10) Will have learned and practiced effective strategies for training, mentoring and supporting local social entrepreneurs 11) Will have contributed to the identification and design of new social entrepreneurship opportunities for local constituents 12) Will have gained an understanding of the challenges confronting the rural population specifically 13) Will feel comfortable interacting with the local population on a general, family and individual level 14) Will have gained an understanding of the cultural and professional "do's" and "donts" of living and working in a rural development environment such as Nicaragua and Ecuador 15) Will understand how the rural population lives, works and what they aspire to achieve

Participating Faculty/Lecturers:

Dr. Donna Chambers, Spanish Department Dr. Susan Dicklitch, Government Department, Ware Institute for Civic Engagement Dr. Stephanie McNulty Government Department Dr. Trex Proffitt, Business, Organization and Society Department Mr. Greg Van Kirk, Co-Founder, and President, Social Entrepreneur Corps

Organization of Class

Students will spend the first 2 weeks at Franklin & Marshall College from 9:30- 12:00 noon and 1:304:00pm (Monday-Thursday). From 9:30am-12:00 noon students will be exposed to the history, culture, politics and economics of Ecuador. We will delve into development theory, and learn about the role of different economic development models like micro-finance, and micro-consignment, as well as S.W.O.T. analysis and creating a business plan. From 1:30-4:00pm students will be given Survival Spanish training by Dr. Donna Chambers. Students will then spend 8 weeks in Ecuador from May 23-July 16th with our community partner, The Social Entrepreneurship Corps (SEC), led by Greg Van Kirk (an Ashoka fellow) http://www.ashoka.org/. Students will be placed in rural areas in Loja, Cuenca, and a fishing village in Palymar, Pacific Coast. Upon return to Franklin & Marshall College, students will present their fieldwork in an assessment report and presentation to the College Community. Through classes, case studies, discussions, analysis, living with the local population, as well as through visits and active participation with local NGOs and social entrepreneurs, interns will make a profound community impact whilst gaining an in-depth knowledge of rural economic development.

Required Readings:

Carlos de la Torre and Steve Striffler, eds, The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture and Politics, (Durham and London: Duke University Press) (recommended, not required) Crowder, Nicholas (2006) CULTURESHOCK! Ecuador, (Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corp). Yunus, Muhammad. Building a Social Business: A New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanitys Most Pressing Needs Assigned articles Other readings TBD

Course Requirements:

Reflection Journal Field Work assessment report Blogging Class Participation

30% 40% 20% 10%

Field Work Assessment Report (40%)

Each student will be required to write a summary of his/her field work in Ecuador, and what their social entrepreneurship project entailed, being sure to link their theoretical knowledge with their newly-acquired hands-on knowledge.

Blogging (20%)

Each student will be required to blog for one week on the Social Entrepreneur Blog while in the field. Students are required to keep a journal documenting their activities as well as their perceptions, experiences and concerns regarding their field experience. Each students journal should also reflect on the broader issues of economic development, social entrepreneurship, and the role of NGOs. Students will be given a weekly question to reflect upon. These questions should be integrated into the students weekly reflections. Reflection journals entries will be due weekly. A final grade will only be assigned at the end of the course when a complete, bound, hardcopy of the reflection journal and a separate time log are submitted on the last day of class.
Some suggestions on how to keep a great journal, from Mark Cooper, Coordinator, The VAC, Reflection: Getting Learning Out of Serving, <http://www.fiuedu/~time4chg/Library/reflect.html> Journals should be snapshots filled with sights, sounds, smells, concerns, insights, doubts, fears, and critical questions about issues, people, and most importantly, about yourself Honesty is the most important ingredient to successful journals A journal is not a work log of tasks, events, times and dates Write freely. Grammar/spelling should not be stressed in your writing until the final draft Write an entry after each class/interaction with asylum seeker. If you cant write a full entry, jot down random thoughts, images, etc. which you can come back to a day or two later and expand into a colorful verbal picture

Reflection Journal (30%)

Class Schedule May 2011 Week 1: Introduction to the Micro-Consignment Model & Social Entrepreneurship
Monday, May 16th Introduction: The Social Entrepreneurship Corps & the Micro-Consignment Model Susan Dicklitch, Government & The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement Guest Speaker: Greg Van Kirk (Co-founder, Social Entrepreneur Corps) Introduction to Course & Expectations SECorps Blog Drayton, William (2006) Everyone a Change-maker: Social Entrepreneurships Ultimate Goal, Innovations, (Winter). Smith, Brett R. (2010) The Micro-Consignment Model Reconsidered Invention-Led Development by Shifting Risk, Transferring Knowledge, and Scaling Capabilities, Innovations, (Tech4Society 2010), pp. 155-161.

Tuesday May 17th: What is Development? How do we Measure it? Dr. Susan Dicklitch, Department of Government, The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement Rosenberg, Tina (2011) How to Grow a Social Business, The New York Times: Opinionator, February 4, 2011. (pdf) Social Entrepreneur Corps Summary Country Overview: Ecuador Van Kirk, Greg (2010) The Micro-Consignment Model: Bridging the Last Mile of Access to Products and Services for the Rural Poor, Innovations, (Tech4Society 2010), pp. 127-154. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) development indicators (handout + in-class exercise) World Bank, What is Development? (handout)

Wednesday, May 18th: MEET FROM 1:30-4PM What is Social Entrepreneurship? How to do a S.W.O.T. Analysis Guest Lecture: Dr. Trex Proffitt, Department of Business, Organization and Society Readings TBD

Recommended: Acs, Zoltan (2006) How is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth?, Innovations (Winter) Bornstein, David (2007) The Role of the Social Entrepreneur, in How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, (New York: Oxford University Press), pp. 92-100. Bornstein, David (2007) Six Qualities of Successful Social Entrepreneurs, in How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, (New York: Oxford University Press), pp. 238-246. Flannery, Matt (2007) Kiva and the Birth of Person-to-Person Microfinance, Innovations, (Winter & Spring) Yunus, Muhammad (2010) Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanitys Most Pressing Needs. (New York: PublicAffairs).

Thursday, May 19th: MEET FROM 1:30-4:00pm A HOW TO: Creating a Business Plan Guest Lecture: Dr. Trex Profitt, Department of Business, Organization & Society Readings: TBD RECOMMENDED Boschee, Jerr (2008) Social Entrepreneurship: The Promise and the Perils, in Alex Nicholls (ed) Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change, (New York: Oxford University Press), pp, 356-390. Richer, Melissa and Nate Heller (2011) The Scaling Bottleneck: Growth Challenges faced by social enterprises, in Nicolas Sireau (ed) Microfranchising: How Social Entrepreneurs are Building a New Road to Development. (Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing Ltd), pp. 174-195. Illetschko, Kurt (2011) Microfranchising: The Theory, in Nicolas Sireau (ed) Microfranchising: How Social Entrepreneurs are Building a New Road to Development. (Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing Ltd), pp. 8-21. (pdf) Illetschko, Kurt (2011) Microfranchising in Practice, in Nicolas Sireau (ed) Microfranchising: How Social Entrepreneurs are Building a New Road to Development. (Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing Ltd), pp. 22-34. (pdf)

Week 2: Understanding Ecuador

Monday, May 23rd: Gender and Development Issues Drinkwater, Michael We are Also Human: Identity and Power in Gender Relations, in Sam Hickey and Diana Mitlin (eds) (2009) Rights-based Approaches to Development (Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press), pp. 145-162. (pdf) Radcliffe, Sarah A. (2008) Womens Movements in Twentieth-Century Ecuador, in Carlos de la Torre and Steve Striffler, eds, The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture and Politics, (Durham and London: Duke University Press), pp.284-296. Weismantel, Mary J. (2008) Cities of Women, in Carlos de la Torre and Steve Striffler, eds, The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture and Politics, (Durham and London: Duke University Press), pp. 359-370.

Tuesday, May 24th : Political & Economic Development in Latin America Guest Lecture: Dr. Stephanie McNulty, Department of Government The Pattern of Historical Development and The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America. by Howard Wiarda, and Harvey Kline (eds). 2011. Latin American Politics and Development, 7th Edition. Boulder, CO: West View Press. ** John Williamson. What Washington Means by Policy Reform. http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/paper.cfm?ResearchID=486 Michael Reid. 2007. The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus. Chapter in Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin Americas Soul. New Haven: Yale University Press. ** Casteeda, Jorge. 2006. Latin America's Left Turn. Foreign Affairs 85(3): 28-44. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=115&sid=538f090d-8e62-47eb-ae52c826541b46ff%40sessionmgr103 Shifter, Michael. A Surge to the Center. Journal of Democracy 22(1). January 2011 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/ AQ Interview: Judith Morrison on Afro Latinos in the Region. Americas Quarterly Online. May 6, 2011. http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2507 Buvinic, Mayra, and Vivian Rosa. 2004. Women, Politics, and Democratic Prospects in Latin America. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank. www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=1042694

Wednesday, May 25th: Democracy and Development in Ecuador Guest Lecturer: Dr. McNulty, Government Department Conaghan, Catherine. 2011. Ecuador: From Crisis to Left Turn. In Howard Wiarda, and Harvey Kline (eds). 2011. Latin American Politics and Development, 7th Edition. Boulder, CO: West View Press. ** Romero, Simon. Ecuador Leader Confounds Supporters and Detractors. New York Times. October 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/world/americas/10ecuador.html?ref=rafaelcorrea CIAO.Net Country Briefing http://www.ciaonet.org/atlas/EC/

Thursday, May 26th Preparing for the Field Guest Lecture: Stephanie McNulty, Government Department Barrett, Christopher and Jeffrey Cason. Introduction, Safety and Security Measures, and The Challenges of the Field. Chapters in Oversees Research, A Practical Guide. 2nd Edition. 2010. New York: Routledge Press. ** Leech, Beth L. Asking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews. PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 35, No. 4, Dec., 2002 Woliver Laura R. Ethical Dilemmas in Personal Interviewing. PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 35, No. 4, Dec., 2002 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1554808 Yannitell Reinhardt, Gina. 2008. I Don't Know Monica Lewinsky, and I'm Not in the CIA. Now How about that Interview? PS: Political Science & Politics 42 (2). http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=6&fid=5293364&jid=PSC&volumeId=42&i ssueId=&aid=5293360&fulltextType=BT&fileId=S1049096509090593 Beck, Scott, Kenneth J. Mijeski, Meagan M. Stark 2011. Qu Es Racismo? Awareness of Racism and Discrimination in Ecuador. Latin American Research Review 46(1)
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/latin_american_research_review/v046/46.1.beck.html#back