Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
What is International Development?
UEA (University of East Anglia)
Using Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, as a case study to provide an introduction to International Development. This course introduced the key ideas, concepts and debates around the study of international development.
5 weeks, 2 hours per week
David Girling
Associate Professor, School of International Development
UEA (University of East Anglia)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the key ideas, concepts and debates in international development
- Evaluate the different meanings and perceptions of development
- Investigate how development is measured
- Assess how 'development'and 'developing countries' are represented
- Explore the causes and consequences of population growth and distribution
- Describe urbanisation and the motivations that attract people to cities
Syllabus
- Imagining Cities of the South: Media and development
- The global city: Trade and economic development
- Living in the city: Population, migration and urbanisation
- Urban challenges: Housing, infrastructure and waste
- Urban futures: NGOs, sustainable development policy and practice
Issued on 4th February 2020
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