MASTER IN
DEVELOPMENT
EVALUATION
AND
MANAGEMENT
Programme Content
The Master in Development Evaluation and
Management focuses on the efforts made
by a wide range of public and private actors
to promote development. It provides a solid
understanding of the past and present aid
policies of multilateral and bilateral donors,
also addressing the major aid modalities
and instruments deployed. The institutional
characteristics of the actors involved – be they
governments, community-based organisations,
international NGOs, bilateral or multilateral
donors – are analysed in order to attain a better
understanding of processes and outcomes. The
theoretical perspective is that development can
be understood as a set of interlocking collective
action problems. The Master programme
offers methodological and practical insight
into development evaluation, its relevance and
challenges.
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Most of our students are engaged (or aspire
to become engaged) in development, whether
professionally and/or as researchers. The
Master programme will improve the capacity
of these students to assess the strengths and
weaknesses of the prevailing aid paradigms
and the changing approaches to aid. Students
learn to appreciate the importance of
different institutional arenas, as well as how
they work and interact. They will become
familiar with multidisciplinary analytical tools
that will improve their capacity to analyse
interactions and enhance the conceptualisation,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
development policies and programmes.
The Master programme offers two tracks, each
with specific objectives and course packages
that are intended for a specific audience. The
first track is focused primarily on the macro level,
while the second focuses mainly on the micro
level.