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This course focuses on the role of public policy in economic development and the political context in which policy decisions are taken. The course provides an overview of development theories and concepts. It aims to elucidate the diverse meanings of the word development and to explain alternative theories of why and how development takes place in each society or fails to do so. It explores the causes of why same-path-for-all development policies did not and will not bring any benefits to the different countries with diverse economic endowments.
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This course will provide an opportunity for students to establish or advance their understanding of research through critical exploration of research language, ethics, and approaches. The course introduces the language of research, ethical principles and challenges, and the elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Each student will be exposed to and given a set of conceptual tools & techniques that will allow them to understand the nature of scientific methods as they apply to business. Emphasis will be given on research design, problem formulation, developing data collecting instruments; conducting a research project, and application of research to special fields will be stressed. Students will be able to use these theoretical underpinnings to begin to critically review literature relevant to their field or interests and determine how research findings are useful in forming their understanding of their work, and social, local, and global environment.
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This course conceptualizes the effective use of communication in development initiatives. How different forms of communication should be used in making the development interventions successful will be highlighted with case studies from the local and global context. The evolution of communication theories over time from modernization to a participatory paradigm will be discussed by examining the strengths and shortcomings of these models. Communication approaches addressing different levels, from the macro (society) to micro (individual) stage, will be discussed as well as the possible ways to integrate these approaches. The importance of research and meaningful participation in designing and implementing development initiatives will be studied in the political-economic-cultural milieu of Bangladesh. Debates and discussions on different dimensions of significant development undertakings will help students to comprehend the core essences of development communication, e.g. creative use of communication means, empirical research, and empowered participation in every phase to ensure sustained and meaningful social change.
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In an ever more competitive economy, in which companies are increasingly held directly responsible for the consequences of their impact on society from an environmental, social, and economic point of view, it is necessary to be prepared to face these challenges in order to strengthen legitimization to operate and to seize all opportunities for growth, innovation, and reputational advantage. The management of these processes, in the interest of all stakeholders, to create shared value for both the company and the community by outlining a solid and effective social responsibility policy that is well integrated with a company’s strategy requires specific competencies and sensitivities.
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The course provides a thorough analytical overview of the evolution of development theories and associated strategies over the period since the first industrial revolution. It treats development as a holistic, multi-disciplinary phenomenon that recognizes both global interconnections as well as regional specificities and path dependence. The course traces the emergence, evolution, and eclipse of development theories in conjunction with characterizations of the socio-economic and political realities and social imaginations from which they originate. Summary treatments are sketched of the classical political economy Malthusian, neo-classical and utilitarian, Keynesian, welfare, neo-institutional economic, Marxian, dependency, structural, human development, and post-modern, traditions and so on.
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The course is designed to introduce statistical tools used extensively in business decision-making processes and for development. Statistical tools aim to provide some useful insights to the decision-maker. It gives the idea of how decision theory is statistics is concerned with identifying the uncertainties and other issues relevant to each decision and resulting optimal decision. It will help economists to justify decisions based on data. This course provides students with a basic understanding of the role of statistics in the gathering of data, the creation of information, and its use in decision-making. Students will learn methods for summarizing data, both numerically and graphically, and for drawing conclusions from sample data. Statistical analyses will be carried out using the computer and statistical software.
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This course focuses on the concept of poverty, measures of poverty, policies on inequality and development, and features of real-world activities. The course offers a thorough examination of poverty metrics and the applicability of strategies from the viewpoints of emerging nations. After that, the course tries to critically examine current concerns of poverty and its connections to development, participation, female empowerment, and the role of the development practitioner. The format of the course will be seminar-based, with frequent in-class discussions and several group activities.
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Microfinance for development is a field that has gained recognition worldwide due to its contribution to social and economic development, particularly in poverty reduction. The course aims to enlighten a broad understanding of the major issues in microfinance practices and management. Future development hinges to a large extent on the effective harnessing of the potential in the informal sector in our economies. Given the sizeable number of people engaged in SMEs in Bangladesh and other developing nations who lack access to financial services, a thorough understanding of the sustainability and growth of microcredit institutions is relevant to the growth of those developing countries. Thus, this course will help students to identify, explain, and discuss the role of microfinance institutions in socio-economic development, review how these institutions are regulated, and unravel some of the myths and disagreements that have hindered their operations for a few decades with a view to unveiling their potentials for growth and development.
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This course, Social Anthropology, will discuss the comparative study of human conduct and thought in their social context. Societies around the world vary enormously in their social, cultural, and political forms, and their individual members display an initially overwhelming diversity of ideas and behavior. This course will discuss these variations. The subdivisions of Social Anthropology that will be discussed in this course are ethnography, ethnology, social anthropology, and cultural anthropology.
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The purpose of this course is to guide students to understand the importance of the theories, methods, and applications of monitoring and evaluation for high-impact social mission organizations, with special emphasis on organizations that practice social entrepreneurship economics. Students will be able to design projects that need continuous tracking in addition to periodic assessments in order to have effective and efficient outcomes of the project. Consequently, this course will also equip students with advanced Project Monitoring and evaluation skills including developing an appreciation of the components of an effective monitoring & evaluation plan, data collection methods, tools, ethical considerations in data collection, statistical analysis, processing, storage, sharing and feedback mechanisms, risk management, and reporting to enhance your capacity of managing the project effectively and resourcefully to deliver on the expected intervention outcomes. Government fiscal and monetary policies and other relevant topics will be discussed in light of the day-to-day decision-making process in this course as well.
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This course introduces students to the basic concept of gender, related terms, and development approaches related to gender. Students will be provided with an overview of socio-economic theories of development and introduced to theoretical and conceptual approaches to gender issues in the context of development (WID to WAD to GAD). The course will discuss the facts and theories about gender discrimination, the consequences of gender discrimination for economic development, and strategies for ending gender discrimination in society. This course will also equip the students with basic conceptual clarity on theoretical issues related to gender in development. The course will cover different approaches to the study of gender.
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The course emphasizes the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the design and implementation of social innovations, which contribute to overcoming significant challenges modern societies face. To serve this purpose, the staff and volunteers in this sector would require specialized knowledge and skills in that area. Currently, there are limited training opportunities in the field of social innovation. Hence, the course aims to equip students and recent graduates from development studies with fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes to support the design, development, and implementation of social innovations.
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This course covers various aspects of demography, including population issues, concepts, theory, and practices. It provides a broad overview of numerous elements of population development and transition, including changes in health and mortality, fertility, migration, and age structure from a sociological, economic, and geographical standpoint. This course also investigates the connections between population and development and their potential consequences including their contemporary implications, environmental effects, and population policies.
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Health economics is the study of how resources are allocated to and within the health economy. The course examines the demand for health and health care, the nature of health care as a commodity and the behavior and organization of health care providers, health care financing and insurance, health care funding, innovation in health care (pharmaceuticals), methods for evaluating health care programs and interventions, and selected other topics. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the tools and techniques of economics in the health sector. The students will be able to discuss historical trends that have led to the increasing use of economic evaluation being applied to the healthcare system. It will help students to discuss present-day market realities that give increasing importance to health economics research.
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This course explores the socio-cultural and political factors that contribute to the existence of gender-based violence and which lead to an increased occurrence of acts of gender-based violence in complex crises. Issues relating to gender and the unstable meanings of female and male in societies are hitting the news to an unprecedented extent, often in stories about child marriages, rape during conflict and war, or about sexual assaults and harassment as everyday events and practices. In this course, these issues will be object for scrutiny and discussion. The purpose of this interdisciplinary course is therefore to introduce students to recent conceptualizations of gender and violence and their inter-linkages and on the other to investigate these concepts in the context of manifestation of communicable diseases.
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Climate change is known to increase disaster intensities and frequency by aggravating hazards and the factors determining the vulnerability of the environment, inhabiting communities, and their resources. There has been a paradigm shift in approach to disaster management from response and relief-centric to risk-management-centric, thus, calling for the integration of climate change adaptation and sustainability concerns along DRR into the developmental process. This course introduces the concepts, tools, and methods for disaster risk management, specifically for climate and weather-related disasters, and the role of policies and frameworks in international, national, and sub-national contexts, with a focus on emerging issues and recent developments. Students are expected to attend the class after going through the reference reading materials, participate in the guided exercises (tutorials), and undertake assignments to enable a relevant knowledge base on the subject.