Modular value: 20 credits
Lecturer: Philip Amis
This module is designed to enable students to analyse the rapid changes presently occurring in aid management, particularly with regard to the increased importance of international aid in many countries, recipient country led approaches, aid instruments and the increasingly critical need for skills in team working between donors and governments and among donors.
Topcs covere include:
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Nature of development aid, how and why it is changing
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Reform of aid management
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Budget support
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Conditionality
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Debt reduction
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Donors and poverty
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Financial management and aid
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Evaluating aid
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Aid and human rights
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Future of aid
By the end of the module you will:
Be able to discuss critically the following issues:
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How international aid is changing
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Aid’s relation to politics
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Aid’s relation to public finances
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Aid’s relation to public services
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Aid’s relation to economic and social development
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Aid’s relation to the private sector
Be able to analyse in terms of philosophical and theoretical underpinnings
Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
Draft quickly and clearly and to present clearly
Teaching and learning approach
The module will be delivered using a range of teaching and learning methods in a highly participatory environment, including interactive lectures, group discussions, student presentations, case studies, videos.
Assessment
The assessment for the module will consist of a 5,000 word essay, worth 100% of the marks.
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