SemesterFall Semester, 2018
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
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週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Major themes



Overview of International Development Cooperation




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



2



Major themes



Motives and Aid Strategies




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



3



Major themes



Outcome Analysis of UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



4



Major themes



Financing for Development




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



5



Major themes



Aid Effectiveness




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



6



Major themes



Official Bilateral Assistance




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



7



Major themes



Multilateral Aid




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



8



Major themes



The Role of NGOs in Development Cooperation




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



9



Midterm Examination



Midterm Examination



Student Project Presentation



3



6



10



Aid instruments



Managing Development Projects and Programs




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



11



Aid instruments



Financial Assistance




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



12



Aid instruments



Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



13



Aid instruments



Emergency Relief and Humanitarian Assistance




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



14



Global Development Issues




  1. Governance and Development

  2. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Economic Development




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



15



Global Development Issues




  1. Food Security: Definition, Measurement and Challenge

  2. Climate Change: Global Impact of Greenhouse Effect




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



16



Global Development Issues




  1. Conflict and Peace

  2. Aid for Trade and Development




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



17



Global Development Issues




  1. Making Education a Priority in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

  2. A new global partnership: eradicate poverty and transform economies through sustainable development




  1. Lecture;

  2. Group Discussion



3



6



18



Final Examination



Final Examination



Student Project Presentation



3



6



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

N/A


Requirement/Grading

The midterm and final term examinations will be conducted in forms of written report and Power Point presentation.



Class performance 30%

Midterm examination 30%

Final examination 40%


Textbook & Reference

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

  • Ashok Chakravarti. (2005). Aid, Institutions and Development—New Approaches to Growth, Governance and Poverty. Edward Elgar.

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

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

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

  • OECD. (2016). Development Cooperation 2014.


Urls about Course
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