UNU Joint Graduate Courses
Course III: Development: Assessing the Experiences of the Past Half Century and Addressing the Cutting-edge Issues
Course Details
Objectives
Development issues have been diversified over the years and development performances have also been widely varied. We have noticed some countries that have graduated from the developing country status, whereas we are concerned with regression in development in a large number of countries. The objectives of this course are to assess the overall experiences of development and development cooperation of the past 50 years and to study the cutting-edge issues of development.
Lecture Topics
The lectures will deal with assessment of the developmental experiences and theoretical foundations at the outset of the course. Relevance of globalization forces on development performances will be addressed in the following phase. They will be followed by lectures on major challenges to the development community such as issues related to vulnerable states, to the continuum from peace consolidation to a developmental path, and to the interlinkage of trade, investment and development in the context of the Doha Round of WTO and proliferation of free trade agreements. Lecturers combine scholars and practitioners.
Discussion
Discussion at the class is encouraged, including at the lecture sessions. Students are encouraged to think about topics for term-papers, topics that are related to development. Before the end of the second session on 9 October 2008, students will be requested to secure approval of the topics for term-papers by coordinators of the course. At the discussion sessions, students will make presentations of preliminary versions of eventual term-papers for the purpose of receiving comments on them. Each student will have about 30 minutes which will be divided into 10-15 minutes for presentation, and the rest for comments and discussions.
Course Coordinators
Chief Coordinator:
Professor Kazuo Takahashi (UNU)
Coordinators:
Associate Professor Chiyuki Aoi (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Mr. Hiroshi Kato (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
Professor Tsugio Ide (Nihon University)
Professor Masahito Omori (Keio University)
Professor Shinobu Yamaguchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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