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PART I: What is International Development
In the first part of the course we will touch on the historical background of international development and explore the competing meanings of the concept of development. The first meaning refers to development as intentional practice and is often used in relation to the aid industry (i.e. doing development). The other meaning refers to development as a process of modern structural transformations. Following that, we will discuss the differences between liberal and socialist traditions of thought and their influences on development studies.
Session 1 - The Meanings of International Development
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- Sen, Amartya. 1999. Development as Freedom. New York, Anchor Books, Chapter 1
- Thomas, Alan (2000), ?Development as practice in a liberal capitalist world', Journal of InternationalDevelopment 12(6): 773-787
- Nussbaum, M.C. 1995. "Human Capabilities, Female Human Beings. in M.C. Nussbaum and J. Glover, eds, Women, Culture and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities , 61-104. Geneva: wider.
PART II: Theories of International Development
In the second part of the course, we will cover the main theories that shaped development studies and international development practice over the past 70 years. Starting with the growth-oriented economic theories such as the modernization theory, and dependency theory of the late 50s and 60s through the neoliberal agenda of the 80s all the way to the rights-based and sustainable development theories shaping the field since the 90s.
Session 2 - Theories of Development Economics
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- Winterbottom, Michael and Mat Whitecross. 2009. Shock Doctrine. [1 hour and 19 minutes documentary]
- Best, Jacqueline. 2020. The quiet failures of early neoliberalism: From rational expectations to Keynesianism in reverse, Review of International Studies 46.5: 594-612.
- This Is Neoliberalism (2020). https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/this-is-neoliberalism/ (January 27, 2023).
- Jameson, K.P. 2006. "Has Institutionalism Won the Development Debate?? Journal of Economic Issues 40(2): 369-375.
- Przeworski, A. 2004. "The Last Instance: Are Institutions the Primary Cause of Economic Development.? European Journal of Sociology 25(2): 165-188.
- Acemoglou, D. and Robinson, J. (2010): Why Nations Fail. Chap.4.
- - Rodrik, Dani. 2000. "Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They Are and How to Acquire Them,? Studies in Comparative International Development 35 (3).
- - Video (2018): James Robinson. Institutions, Democracy and Economic Development. (7').
Session 3 - Critical Political Economy of Development
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- Stiglitz, Joseph.1989. "Markets, Market Failures, and Development.? American Economic Review, 79(2): 196-203.
- Rodrik, Dani. 1990. "How Should Structural Adjustment Programs Be Designed?? World
- Development. 18(7): 933-947.
- Williamson, J. 1993. "Democracy and the Washington Consensus,? World Development. 21(8): 1329-1336.
- Video (2011): Interview with Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Former President of Brazil (60')
- Kelly, Robert . 2008. No "return to the state?: Dependency and developmentalism against neo-liberalism, Development in practice 18.3: 319-32.
- Frank, Andre Gunder. 1969. "The development of underdevelopment? Monthly Review 18(4):17-31.
- Peet, R., & Hartwick, E. R. (2015). Theories of development: Contentions, arguments, alternatives (Third edition). Guilford Press. [p. 188-199]
- Berg, Erik. 2007. Post-Development Theory in Africa, Peace Review4: 541-54.
- Schooling the World: The White Man's Last Burden. http://carolblack.org/schooling-the-world
PART III: Actors in International Development
Part III will introduce the key actors of international development and their role in shaping the contemporary developmental agenda and practice.
Session 4 - The Role of the State and the Civil Society in Development
- TBD
Recommended list
- Kelly, Robert. No "return to the state?: Dependency and developmentalism against neo-liberalism, Development in Practice 18.3: 319-32.
- Krueger, A. O. 1974. "The Political Economy of the Rent-Seeking Society.? American Economic Review64: 291-303.
- Robinson, M. 2009. "The Political Economy of Governance Reforms in Uganda.? In M. Robinson, ed., The Politics of Successful Governance Reforms, 50-72. New York: Routledge.
- 2010. Ha-Joon Chang - 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whVf5tuVbus
- Olson, M. (1993). Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development. American Political Science Review, 87(03), 567-576. doi:10.2307/2938736
- - OECD (2014): The Changing Role of Civil Society in Financing Sustainable Development
- - Brass, J. (2018): NGOs and International Development: A Review, World Development, 112 (136-149)
- Tembo, Fletcher. 2003. The multi-image development NGO: an agent of the new imperialism? Development in Practice5: 527-33.
- Paquette, Lillie. 2012. We Are Egypt: The Story Behind the Revolution. Cairo, Egypt: Independent Film.
Session 5 - Bilateral Aid Agencies and Emerging Donors
- TBD
Recommended list
- Easterly, William and T. Pfutze. 2008. "Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid,? Journal of Economic Literature, 22(2): 29-52.
- Martens, B. (2005). Why do aid agencies exist? Development Policy Review, 23(6), 643-663. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2005.00306.x
- Mawdsley, E. (2015). DFID, the Private Sector and the Re-centring of an Economic Growth
- Hout, W. (2012). The Anti-Politics of Development: Donor agencies and the political economy of governance. Third World Quarterly, 33(3), 405-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2012.657474
- Julca, Alex, Manuel F Montes, and Rob Vos. 2015. "Towards a New Aid Architecture.? In Retooling Global Development and Governance, eds. Rob Vos and Manuel F. Montes. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 49-72. http://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/retooling-global-development-and-governance/chiii-towards-a-new-aid-architecture.
- El-Tahri, Jihan. 2004. The Price of Aid. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films. http://icarusfilms.com/new2004/aid.html
- Munk Debates. 2009. Foreign Aid. https://munkdebates.com/debates/foreign-aid
- Tan-Mullins, May, Giles Mohan, and Marcus Power. 2010. Redefining "aid? in the China-Africa context, Development and Change 5: 857-81.
- Kahn, Michael. 2015. The rise of the BRICS and resource nationalism: Challenge and opportunity for Africa's innovation systems, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development5: 369-381.
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Session 6 - The UN and the International Financial Institutions
- TBD
Recommended list
- Baumann, Max O. 2018. "Forever North-South? The Political Challenges of Reforming theun Development System. Third World Quarterly39(4): 626-641.
- Browne, S. 2014. "A Changing World: Is theun Development System Ready?? Third World Quarterly35(10): 1845-1859.
- Seitz, K., and J. Martens. 2017. "Philanthrolateralism: Private Funding and Corporate Influence in the United Nations.? Global Policy 8(55): 46-50.
- United Nations. 2020. Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Presented by Thandie Newton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVWHuJOmaEk&vl=en
- Piarroux, Renaud. 2016. The UN's Responsibility in Haiti's Cholera Crisis. New York Times. 7 September 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/opinion/the-uns-responsibility-in-haitis-cholera-crisis.html
- Does US aid buy UN general assembly votes? A disaggregated analysis, Public Choice 136.1-2: 139-64.
- Global Issues. 2005. Martin Khor: Debt in the Developing World?Part One. http://www.globalissues.org/print/video/725
- Bunte, Jonas B. 2018. Sovereign lending after debt relief, Review of International Political Economy25.3: 317-339.
- Cammack, Paul. 2004. What the World Bank Means by Poverty Reduction and Why it Matters, New Political Economy2: 189-211.
- Bird, Graham and Dane Rowlands. 2007. The IMF and the mobilisation of foreign aid, The Journal of Development Studies5: 856-70.
Session 7 - The Role of the Private Sector in Development
- TBD
Recommended list
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Markets, free trade and globalisation: The role of business in development. https://www.odi.org/events/2496-markets-free-trade-and-globalisation-role-business-development
- Mawdsley, E. (2015). DFID, the Private Sector and the Re-centring of an Economic Growth
- Warner, M. E. (2013). Private finance for public goods: Social impact bonds. Journal of Economic Policy Reform.
- Towards a New Aid Architecture. (2015). In Retooling Global Development and Governance. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472544933.ch-003
- Mitchell, K., & Sparke, M. (2016). The New Washington Consensus: Millennial Philanthropy and the Making of Global Market Subjects. Antipode, 48(3), 724-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12203
- Blowfield, M., & Dolan, C. S. (2014). Business as a development agent: evidence of possibility and improbability. Third World Quarterly, 35(1), 22-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2013.868982
- Vorley, Bill. 2016. Big brands like Unilever aren't the answer to helping Africa's farmers. The Guardian. 31 August 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/aug/31/unilever-africa-farmers-inclusive-business-agrifood-development
- Moran, Theodore H. 2012. Foreign Direct Investment and Development.In Ritzer, George (Ed.), The Wiley?Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Ferdousi, Farhana. 2015. Impact of microfinance on sustainable entrepreneurship development, Development Studies Research1: 51-63.
PART IV: Contemporary International Development Debates and Trends
In the third part of the course we will discuss some contemporary issues and debates concerning the interests of various international development actors, the relationship between development and democracy, climate change, and technology.
Session 8: Climate Change and Development
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- Manjengwa, Jeanette. June 2007. Linking environment and development, easier said than done: learning from the Zimbabwean experience, Development Southern Africa 2: 225-40.
- Davos: Development vs the Environment Debate. 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwG9Pj_SbqU (January 27, 2023).
- Goodland, Robert. 1995. "The Concept of Environmental Sustainability.? Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 26(1): 1-24.
- Lélé, Sharachchandra M. 1991. "Sustainable Development: A Critical Review.? World Development 19(6): 607-21.
- Ramesh, Jairam. 2010. "The Two Cultures Revisited: The Environment-Development Debate in India.? Economic and Political Weekly 45(42): 13-16.
- Rytz, Matthieu. 2018. Anote's Ark. http://www.anotesark.com
- Vidal, John. 2016. The tribes paying the brutal price of conservation. The Guardian. 28 August 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/aug/28/exiles-human-cost-of-conservation-indigenous-peoples-eco-tourism
Session 9: Democracy and Development
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth ? Carl Henrik Knutsen
- Video (2017): Kaushik Basu. Does Democracy Equate to Economic Growth? (16').
- Hout, W. (2012). The Anti-Politics of Development: Donor agencies and the political economy of governance. Third World Quarterly, 33(3), 405-422.
- Mann, Michael - The Dark Side of Democracy: The Modern Tradition of Ethnic and Political Cleansing (in the google link below)
- Foweraker, Joe, and Todd Landman. 2004. "Economic Development and Democracy Revisited: Why Dependency Theory Is Not yet Dead.? Democratization 11(1): 1-20.
- Mercer, Claire. 2002. "NGOs, Civil Society and Democratization: A Critical Review of the Literature.? Progress in Development Studies.
- Kamat, Sangeeta. 2004. "The Privatization of Public Interest: Theorizing NGO Discourse in a Neoliberal Era.? Review of International Political Economy 11(1): 155-76.
- Wignaraja, P. 1993. "Rethinking Democracy and Development .? InP. Wignaraja, ed, New Social Movements in the South: Empowering the People , 4-35. New Delhi: Vistaar.
- Video (2017): Kaushik Basu. Does Democracy Equate to Economic Growth? (16').
- Bardhan, Pranab. 2002. "Decentralization of Governance and Development? The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16(4): 185-205.
- Dervis, Kemal. 2006. Governance and Development. Journal of Democracy. 17(4): 153-159.
Session 10: Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- Hewamanne, Sandya. 2006. ?Participation? My blood and flesh is being sucked dry': Market based development and Sri Lanka's Free Trade Zone women workers, Journal of Third World Studies 3.1: 51-74.
- Walton, Andrew. 2010. What is fair trade? Third World Quarterly 31.3: 431-47.
- Cheru, Fantu. 2016. Emerging Southern powers and new forms of South-South cooperation: Ethiopia's strategic engagement with China and India, Third World Quarterly 37.4: 592-610.
Session 11: Innovation, Technology and Development
Required Reading and Listening Materials
- TBD
Recommended list
- Smith, James. March 2010. "New Institutional Arrangements for Development, Science and Technology.? Development 53.1: 48-53.
- Kuriyan, Renee, Isha Ray, and Daniel Kammen. 2008. "How to Use Technology to Spur Development.? Issues in Science and Technology 24.2: 70-4.
- TEDx Talks. 2011. "TEDxIIT - Dr. Laura Hosman - Technology for Development: No Shortcuts.? YouTube video, 18:28. Posted June 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=FKTxUA0bCl0
- Banning-Lover, Rachel. 2014. "Using mobile money to buy water and solar power in east Africa.? The Guardian, August 18. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development- professionals-network/2014/aug/18/mobile-payment-utilitlies-east-africa
- Fejerskov, Adam Moe. 2017. "The New Technopolitics of Development and the Global South as a Laboratory of Technological Experimentation.? Science Technology and Human Values.
- Heffernan, Claire, Yibo Lin, and Kim Thomson. 2016. "Drawing from Development: Towards Unifying Theory and Practice of ICT4D.? Journal of International Development 28(6): 902-18.
- Heeks, R., Foster, C., & Nugroho, Y. (2014). New models of inclusive innovation for development. Innovation and Development, 4(2), 175-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930x.2014.928982
- Heeks, R. (2018) Information And Communication Technology For Development (ICT4D), Routledge, London. Chater 4 and 5
Session 12: In-Class Group Debate
