PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Students will study processes undertaken by countries and communities with assistance from other nations' governments and communities, from international Non-Governmental Organizations (such as charities) or from intergovernmental organizations (such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank). The subject will encompass governance, healthcare, education, gender equality, disaster preparedness, infrastructure, economics, human rights, the environment and issues associated with these.

After completing this course, students will be able to: • Draw connections between the relevant historical and theoretical perspectives that inform international development practices • Analyze the moral, political, economic, and cultural tensions inherent in international development practices in the 21st century • Compare and contrast the competing objectives present in international development • Begin assessing the relative success or failure of specific development initiatives