Development Concentration

This concentration is designed for students who wish to develop a professional or academic interest in the global challenges of development, inequality and poverty. The concentration focuses on theory, concepts, measurement tools, and policies alternatives. The course offerings, the research of associated faculty, and the work of students reflect a number of core motivations. We share a commitment to development as a process that is fundamentally about improving human well being, and securing greater social justice. We believe that the challenges of economic growth, social development, political freedoms, cultural diversity and security are inter-related and that the analysis of development requires an inter-disciplinary approach. Courses offered address issues such as economic globalization, human rights and development ethics, gender, sustainability, human security, and social policy.

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development concentration faculty

upcoming and past events

current and past courses

resources for students

Announcements

Papers from Sakiko's Human Rights and Poverty case study class have been posted. Click above on "Resources for Students" to check them out. 

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr recently published a new paper on MDGs and Inequality. Read or download Reducing Inequality: The Missing MDG: A Content Review of PSRPs and Bilateral Donor Policy Statements here.

 A new paper on the Millennium Development Goals by Development Concentration Chair Sakiko Fukuda-Parr has just been published by the International Poverty Centre.  Download this paper free via the following link: Are the MDGs Priority in Development Strategies and Aid Programmes? Only few are!


The picture at the top of the page was taken at one of the 6000 "STAND UP Against Poverty" events in October 2007 when over 43.7 million people in 123 countries literally "stood up" together to demand that their governments prioritize the fight against global poverty and inequality and work more dilligently to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Lean more at www.standupagainstpoverty.org.

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is the chair of the development concentration. Please direct questions and comments to Madelaine Baer.