Global Opportunities for Local Development
This track focuses on the analysis of the
interaction between external and local
actors at the interface of global and
local development processes, in order to
identify the changing opportunities for and
constraints to beneficial institutional change
for inclusive, sustainable development and
poverty reduction. It conceptualises political
and economic development as the outcome
of interactions between a conditioning
institutional environment and the agency of
international, national and local actors. In
this context, special attention is paid to the
way in which these interactions can produce
inequality and poverty, as well as how they
can promote well-being. The programme
focuses in part on micro-level institutions and
processes, as well as on how they condition
the effectiveness of local development efforts
aimed at exploiting the opportunities offered
by globalisation and/or at remedying its
adverse effects on the poorer and weaker
groups in society. Each student selects one
of several policy domains for a more detailed
treatment of specific policy challenges at the
local–global interface.
candidates hold middle or upper management or
policy (or policy research) positions entailing at
least some experience at the interface between
different policy levels (e.g. international to
local, national to international) or between
different arenas (e.g. civil society–government,
government–international forums and
institutions, INGOs–national NGO).
The programme is intended for participants who
have work experience or an interest in pursuing
careers in local, regional and/or national
government institutions; at research institutes
or universities; in local NGOs, advocacy or
entrepreneurial associations; or in international
organisations (e.g. with international NGOs,
bilateral and multilateral institutions).
Candidates are actively involved in development
or poverty-reduction initiatives, in micro-level or
meso-level projects and programmes and/or in
macro-level policymaking. Professionally, the
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