Kusuka eklasini eGeneva kuya ekufundeni komhlaba wonke

IWashington, DC kuya eGeneva

I-Dollar Scholars yasungulwa nguDkt Jeffrey Dickinson, isazi sezomnotho sentuthuko esinentshisekelo yokusebenzisa ucwaningo oluqinile ezinseleleni zenhlalo zangempela. Ukukhula enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeWashington, DC, uJeff wavezwa mathupha ezingxoxweni zamandla nenqubomgomo ezakha inhlokodolobha yezwe. Ngemuva kokuthola iziqu ze-bachelor kwezomnotho e-Emory University, wakhuthazwa nguSolwazi Gordon Streeb ukuthi aqhubeke nezifundo zakhe futhi aphishekele ezomnotho ezingeni eliphakeme. Waqhubeka nokuphothula iziqu ze-master kanye ne-PhD kwezomnotho eGeneva Graduate Institute.

Izisekelo zombono

Eqhutshwa yisifiso sokulinganisa nokuqonda ukusebenza kwenqubomgomo yomphakathi, uJeff wabhalisa ku-Impact Evaluation ngesikhathi sakhe sokuqala eGeneva. Le nkambo yamlethela kumathuluzi asetshenziswa izazi zezomnotho ukuhlola ukuthi izinqubomgomo nezinhlelo zifeza yini izinhloso zazo. Ngelensi yokungenelela kokulwa nobuphofu emazweni anemali ephansi, wafunda ukuthi ukuhlaziywa ngokucophelela kungabona kanjani ukuthi yini esebenzayo, yini engasebenzi, futhi kungani.

Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, uJeff wakha ubudlelwano obuseduze noSolwazi Jean-Louis Arcand. Ukwabelana ngezimpande zaseNyakatho Melika nezintshisekelo ezifanayo zobuhlakani, laba bobabili basheshe bakha isibopho esiqinile. UProfesa Arcand kamuva wayezosebenza njengomphathi we-PhD kaJeff futhi ekugcineni abe ngumbhali wakhe.

Ukusebenza noSolwazi Arcand, uJeff waqinisa amakhono akhe ocwaningo, wandisa ubuchwepheshe bakhe bokuhlela, futhi wathola ukwazisa okujulile ngokubaluleka kokuxhumana ngqo nabantu abaphila impilo yabo ethinteka izinqubomgomo zezomnotho. Okuhlangenwe nakho kuka-Arcand ngokusebenza nochwepheshe bezomnotho abahola phambili njengeJean Tirole, u-Alain de Janvry, no-Elizabeth Sadoulet eCentre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) kwaqinisa ukubaluleka kokuhlanganisa ukuhlaziywa okuqinile nokuqonda izinto ezingokoqobo zendawo. UDe Janvry noSadoulet, ikakhulukazi, baziwa kabanzi ngomsebenzi wabo onethonya emnothweni wasemakhaya kanye nokunciphisa ubuphofu.

KwakunguProfesa Arcand owacindezela iphuzu elizoba yisisekelo sesisekelo. Izazi zezomnotho, waphawula, zikhathazekile ngesikweletu njengento ekhokhela amathuba - kodwa isikweletu asikwazi ukusiza abantu abangazi ukuthi bangasisebenzisa kanjani. Ukufinyelela ngaphandle kokuqonda akukwazi ukufinyelela nhlobo.

UProfesa Nicolas Berman, omunye umphathi we-PhD kaJeff, wabumba umsebenzi wakhe ngekhono le-econometric, ubuciko nokubekezela. Wayehlala etholakala futhi ehlala emi ukusiza, noma ngabe umbuzo wawusheshayo noma ujulile.

Isikweletu asikwazi ukusiza abantu abazi ukuthi bangasisebenzisa kanjani.

Abafundi bakhuthaza umbono

Yize ucwaningo oluningi lukaJeff lugxile ezinseleleni ezibhekene nemiphakathi emazweni asathuthuka, wayevame ukuzithola ebuza ukuthi lezi zifundo zingasetshenziswa kanjani eduze nasekhaya eWashington, DC. Yize izimo zihlukile, izithiyo eziningi ziyafana ngokumangazayo. Izakhamizi emiphakathini enganakekelwa kahle zingase zilwele ukuthola ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okungabizi futhi okusezingeni eliphezulu. Osomabhizinisi abafisayo, ikakhulukazi abesifazane, bavame ukubhekana nobunzima bokuthola imali edingekayo ukuqala noma ukukhulisa ibhizinisi. Lezi zimo zigqamisa ukubaluleka okubanzi kwezomnotho wentuthuko ngaphezu kwezilungiselelo zamazwe omhlaba.

Ngemuva kokuphothula i-PhD yakhe ngaphansi koSolwazi uJean-Louis Arcand noNicolas Berman, uJeff wajoyina i-American University njengomfundisi we-adjunct, efundisa izifundo kwezomnotho wentuthuko, i-microeconomics, i-econometrics, ne-macroeconomics. Emakilasini akhe, wayevame ukugcizelela ukubaluleka kokufunda nokubhala kwezezimali njengesisekelo sokwenza izinqumo zezezimali ezinolwazi. Ngenkathi izazi zezomnotho zivame ukugxila ezinzuzweni zesikweletu njengethuluzi lamathuba ezomnotho, uJeff waqaphela ukuthi ukufinyelela kwesikweletu kukodwa akwanele. Abantu badinga ulwazi nokuzethemba ukuze basebenzise amathuluzi ezezimali ngempumelelo nangokuzibophezela.

Kuzo zonke izifundo zakhe zobudokotela, uJeff wayencoma izinhlangano ezifana ne-GiveDirectly ne-Heifer International ngekhono labo lokuhumusha ucwaningo lwezomnotho lwentuthuko lube ngumthelela osebenzayo, olinganiswayo emphakathini. Ngasikhathi sinye, isipiliyoni sakhe sokufundisa abafundi be-undergraduates siveze enye inselele. Abafundi babevame ukusondela kuye befuna amathuba e-internship, kuphela ukuthola ukuthi izikhundla eziningi ezihlobene nezomnotho zazibhekiswe kakhulu kubafundi abathweswe iziqu. Ukudumazeka kanye namandla angasetshenziswanga awabona kulezi zingxoxo ashiye umbono ohlala njalo.

Ukuhlanganiswa kwalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho, kanye nezingxoxo ezingenakubalwa mayelana nokufunda kwezezimali kanye nomthelela wezenhlalo, ekugcineni kwaholela emcabangweni we-Dollar Scholars. UJeff waqaphela ukuthi abafundi abakhuthazwayo, uma beqeqeshwe kahle, bangaba othisha abaphumelelayo nabameli bokufunda nokubhala kwezezimali. Kusukela kulokho kuqonda, umbono we-Dollar Scholars waqala ukwakheka.

Umbono ohlanganisiwe

Ngokuyinhloko kwayo, i-Dollar Scholars ifuna ukwandisa ukufinyelela kwezemfundo yezezimali ngokusebenzisa inethiwekhi yabafundisi abazinikele. Le nhlangano igxile ikakhulukazi kubantu abadala okungenzeka ukuthi babenokufinyelela okulinganiselwe kwemfundo yezezimali ekuqaleni kwempilo, kufaka phakathi izikhulumi zeSpanishi, abesifazane neminye imiphakathi enganakekelwa. Ngokuhlomisa abantu ngolwazi olusebenzayo lwezezimali, i-Dollar Scholars ihlose ukusiza ababambiqhaza ukuthi benze izinqumo zezezimali ezinolwazi, ukwakha ukuphepha kwezomnotho, futhi baphishekele amathuba okungenzeka ukuthi ayengafinyeleleki.

I-Dollar Scholars ikhona ukuqhubekisela phambili lo msebenzi: ukuletha imfundo yezezimali esezingeni eliphakeme kulabo abayidinga kakhulu ngenkathi inika amandla abafundi abanamakhono nabanolwazi lwezenhlalo ukudala ushintsho olunenjongo emiphakathini yabo. Ngaphandle kwezezimali zomuntu siqu, inhlangano inethemba lokusekela osomabhizinisi nabanikazi bamabhizinisi amancane abangaba nesifiso sokuphumelela kodwa abangenalo ulwazi lwezezimali oludingekayo ukuze babhekane ngokuzethemba nezinselelo zokuqala nokukhulisa ibhizinisi.

Namuhla, i-Dollar Scholars ihlala iqondiswa yimigomo eyakhele uhambo lukaJeff lwezifundo nezobuchwepheshe: ukulinganisa okuqinile, ukwenza izinqumo ezisekelwe ebufakazini, kanye nokuzibandakanya komphakathi okunenjongo kwe-1-on-1. Ekhuthazwe abeluleki abanjengoDkt Gordon Streeb, abaphathi bakhe be-PhD, kanye nabafundi abasebenza nabo, uJeff ukholelwa ukuthi inqubekela phambili yezomnotho ehlala njalo yakhiwe olwazini namathuba. Nge-Dollar Scholars, leyo nkolelo isetshenziswa ngokusiza abantu ukuthi bathole amakhono ezezimali abawadingayo ukuze bathuthukise izimpilo zabo futhi baqinise imiphakathi yabo.