SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentInternational Master's Program in International Studies, First Year International Master's Program in International Studies, Second Year
Course NameSeminar in International Development - Issues of Agriculture, Economics and Trade
InstructorLEE PAI-PO
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

WEEK 1: Orientation



Part I Major themes



Week2: Chapter1 Overview of International Development Cooperation



             Chapter2 Motives and Aid Strategies



Week 3: Chapter3 The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022



Week 4; Chapter4 Financing for Development



Week 5: Chapter5 Foreign Aid as a Policy Tool Development: An Overview



Week6: Chapter6 Official Bilateral Assistance



Week7: Chapter7 Multilateral Aid



Week8: Chapter8 The Role of NGOs in Development Cooperation



Week9: Midterm Examination



Part II Aid instruments



Week10: Chapter9 Managing Development Projects and Programs



                Chapter10 Financial Aid Delivery



Week11: Chapter11 Emergency Relief and Humanitarian Assistance



               Chapter12 Making Better Use of Data for Development Cooperation



Week12: Chapter13 Governance for Youth, Trust and Intergenerational Justice Fit for All Generations?



               Chapter14 The Output of Educational Institutions and the Impact of Learning



Week13: Chapter15 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World



              Chapyrt16 Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth: A Decisive Transition for                                     Growth and Climate



Week14: Chapter17 CoronavirusThe world Economy at Risk Disaster or Trigger



               Chapter18 Aid for Trade and Development



Week15: Chapter19 Does Gender Discrimination in Social Institutions Matter for Long- 



                                term Growth? Cross-country Evidence



                Chapter20 Partnerships to Enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable                                                Development



Week16:  Chaoter21 The Future of Rural Youth in Developing countriesTapping the



                                 Potential of local value Chain



              Chapter22 The Development Dimension: Private Philanthropy for Development



Week 17:     Chapter23. The Digitalisation of Science, Technology and Innovation?:Key Developments and Policies



Week 18: Final Examnination


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Class performance              40%



Midterm examine               30%



Final examine                     30%



 


Textbook & Reference

1. Finn Tarp (ed). (2000). Foreign Aid and Development-Lessons Learnt and Directions for the Future. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group



2. Ashok Chakravarti (2005). Aid, Institutions and DevelopmentNew Approaches to Growth, Governance and Poverty. Edward Elgar.



3. John Degnbol-Martinussen and Poul Engberg-Pedersen (2003). Aid: Understanding International Development Cooperation. Zed Books Ltd.



4. Robert Picciotto and Eduardo Wiesner (1998). Evaluation & Development-The Institutional Dimension. The World Bank.



5. DAC Guidelines and Reference Series-Managing Aid: Practices of DAC Member Countries. OECD (2005).



6. OECD. (2023). Development Cooperation 2023.


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