Roughly, the 13 weeks of the course will be broken down into the following Themes / Modules, which will guide learning and help fulfil the learning objectives.
Situating ourselves in Development: Development structure and implementation in the Global South
- Defining development as a trajectory with an agenda. Where are we trying to get to?
- Measuring, evaluating, and assessing process and impacts
- Major critiques of North – South development practice
- Emergence of South – South development as a creation of new development ideals
Situating ourselves in the Global South
- Who are the development agents (Countries, IOs, Banks)
- How are they collaborating, cooperating, and coordinating (or not)
- What are their incentives (theory)
Impact Analysis and alternative theory development
- Analyzing stakeholders (dynamic)
- Developing new paradigms for impact assessment of South-South development
- Internalizing / taking responsibility for externalities (measurement)
- Who/what is indirectly impacted and how do we account for them/that
- Cost/benefit analysis (measurement)
- How do you determine value / sources of data (qualitative/quantitative
Pitching your development project proposal
- Communicating your goals, method, and validity
- Critiquing development project proposals with the knowledge developed through the course
- Applying and integrating feedback