International development
Aid and Development Cooperation
Module code: L2149
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Workshop, Lecture
Assessment modes: Essay
Global agreement shapes aid and development. This includes shared goals set out in frameworks, like the Sustainable Development Goals, and international agreements from Paris and Busan, on how aid should be coordinated. But behind this apparent consensus is a wide and changing set of institutions, each with its own history and interests.
On this module, you'll explore historical and current factors that shape aid and development cooperation policy and practice. The main focus will be on the current drive for decolonisation and localisation.
Institutions covered will include:
- the multilateral development banks and the United Nations agencies
- official bilateral agencies, including so called 'emerging' donors
- the widening range of private and non-governmental actors.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of factors that have influenced the international aid and development cooperation architecture over the past 100 years or more with a particular focus on drivers of the move to decolonise and localise;
- Demonstrate understanding on how the above have influenced the structure, functioning and policy focus of a range of aid and development cooperation institutions with reference to examples in recipient countries;
- Critically debate contemporary issues affecting these institutions and their ability to decolonise or localise