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: Governance for development
Unit 1: The state, law and development
Unit 2: The political economy of governance and development
Unit 3: Governance, institutions and institutional change: development monopoly
Unit 4: End-of-module paper
Module III: From violent conflict to peace and state reconstruction (Track 1)
Unit 1: Analysis of violent conflict
Unit 2: Conflict resolution and the peace process
Unit 3: State building after violent conflict
Unit 4: End-of-module paper
Module III: Local institutions and poverty reduction (Track 2)
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 governance
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Struggles over land rights and (ecologically responsible) land use
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Assessing the impact of trade policies
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International migration and development
Unit 3: Conference and policy paper
Module IV: Dissertation
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