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Lehrveranstaltungen

Politics of Development (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Eva Wegner

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 10:15 - 11:45 | 12.10.2015 - 29.01.2016 | C 12.015 Seminarraum

Inhalt: **** Please consult the syllabus in the "material section for more details on course content *** In today’s world, 840 million people are malnourished, nearly 1.3 billion people live on less than a dollar per day and poverty and inequality have proven to be stubbornly resilient against attempts to decrease them over the past 50 years. This class provides an introduction to contemporary research on development issues. It covers a large set of topics, including historical legacies, specific challenges relating to health, education, and gender, the role of institutions in development, and the impact of policies aiming to empower the world’s poor. The course will combine short introductory lectures with discussions of contemporary research papers and student presentations of country studies on the sessions’ topic. Overall, the course will give students an understanding of the core challenges faced by developing countries – unquestionably one of the most important public policy concerns of our time.