Ok, so the goals for this trip are mostly academic with a twist of tourism. As this trip is being taken for class credit, we have to write a paper, read a few books and keep a blog (for the class, this is my own!).
For my paper: I was thjinking about writing about the two extremes for business models. There is such a huge gap in classes and many extremely wealthy people as well as extremely poor. I would like to write about microfinance and how this option can help lift people out of poverty by allowing them access to credit and the ability to start their own businesses. I also want to research multnatinational enterprises in India to see how this is affecting the country. I think it is very interesting that India is a BRIC country and it's economy is growing rapidly but it appears as though a majority of the population is still being left behind in poverty. I would also like to look at the human development index to see other factors that are present in determining the well-being of Indians (they are rated pretty low on this list: 119/169).
Some books I read to get more information:
Banker for the Poor by Mohammed Yunnis
India Condesed: 5000 years of history and culture by Anjana Motihar Chandra
In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
The books are really interesting so far. I finished reading the first one but am still making progress on the other two. If there is time I will write more on the content of the readings later.
I hope to update more on the academic side as well as the tourist side!
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