Intro to Global Development

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Living standards and the quality of life vary significantly across the world. Some places have experienced significant improvements in our own lifetimes, while others have not. This course explores the economic, political, social, and technological drivers of these disparities within the framework of the interdisciplinary field of "development studies". The first part of the course focuses on the meaning and measurement of development, the relationship between economic growth and development, and the overall growth and development experience of countries and regions in the world. The second part focuses on the practice of development through an examination of the program life cycle, and more specifically program design and evaluation.