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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Core learning outcomes:

• Understanding different views about the causes of poverty
• Understanding the concept of market-based development, including the most common approaches
• Recognizing when market-based development approaches may be appropriate, and how market-based development supplements other development approaches
• Develop critical thinking skills to assess how well an intervention is embedded in the local context
• Understanding the need for multi-stakeholder partnerships in market-based development, and how to assemble and manage these partnerships
• Critically assessing the ethics involved in market-based development, especially the impact of unequal power balances

Credits: 6

Schedule: 06.09.2022 - 13.10.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Patrick Shulist

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

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CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

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  The course introduces the concept of market-based development as it is broadly undertaken in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and other developing contexts; collectively, the Global South. Market-based development does not offer a panacea for poverty-alleviation, but rather offers a powerful set of tools that work in some situations. As such, we will discuss when market-based approaches, such as microfinance, value-chain development, entrepreneurial training, and last-mile provisions, are appropriate and effective. Moreover, we will help students understand how to effectively structure interventions by focusing on three key pillars:

  • Context: interventions must be appropriately tailored to the specific political, institutional, scarcity, and historical contexts.
  • Partnerships: given the complexity of market-based development, partnerships involving different NGOs, businesses, and government entities are critical.
  • Ethics: it is imperative to understand the fundamental power imbalances at play, as well as the importance of not presupposing that outsiders (especially Europeans versed in a different institutional context) know what is best for local communities.

  To help us understand the complexities and nuances of all of these topics, the course will have a number of guest speakers who represent a cross-section of the actors involved in market-based development. Moreover, students will have the opportunity to integrate this learning by undertaking a final group-based project focused on providing solutions to the challenges encountered in real-world market-based development interventions.

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Assessment Methods and Criteria

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  Individual and group work (100%)

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Workload

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DETAILS

Study Material

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Substitutes for Courses

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  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

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  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

1 No Poverty

2 Zero Hunger

3 Good Health and Well-being

4 Quality Education

5 Gender Equality

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

13 Climate Action

17 Partnerships for the Goals

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

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  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
  2023-2024 Autumn I

  Enrollment :

  Students are admitted to the course in the following priority order: 1) Management and International Business / Creative Sustainability students, 2) Exchange / CEMS students, 3) Other students.

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Details on the schedule

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