Module I
Theories of Development
• Unit 1: Economic and institutional development
• Unit 2: Politics of development
• Unit 3: Poverty and inequality
Research Methods I
• Unit 1: Research in a development context
• Unit 2: Design and methodology in development research
Research Methods II
Students choose several of the nine units offered within the module.
Quantitative Units:
• Unit 1: working with data (& intro to STATA)
• Unit 2: regression analysis and inference
• Unit 3: special topics in regression analysis
Qualitative Units:
• Unit 4: qualitative field research and data collection
• Unit 5: participatory research and development methods
• Unit 6: multi-actor processes in development: negotiation, collaboration and mediation
• Unit 7: analysing text and discourse in development
• Unit 8: qualitative data analysis
Mobility Window
• Unit 9: internship, participatory research and/or lectures organized by IOB’s institutional partners
in Nicaragua, Uganda, Philippines, DR Congo and Ecuador (modalities tbc)
Module II: Globalisation and development
Unit 1: Globalisation: the Basic Issues
Unit 2: Sub-units on various topics:
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Trade policy: poverty impact and policy implications
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Financial globalisation and the poor
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Global value chain
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Global environment-development nexus
Unit 3: End-of-Module Paper
Module III: Local institutions and poverty reduction
Unit 1: Theory and Concepts
Unit 2: Introduction to specific topics (choose 2 out of 10 sub-units):
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Access to public services
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Access to natural resources
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Access to markets and value chains
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Access to financial services
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Gender and development: a local institutional perspective
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Local