After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

.... discuss the potentials and limits of integrated regional development within the current setting of international development cooperation
.... name and understand basic planning and monitoring techniques

The lecture will provide the broader context of grand development theories and an overview about the institutional landscape, facts & figures and key topics in international cooperation. The potentials and limits of regional development activities in the Global South will be presented.

Actual development projects in Easgtern Africa as well as contemporary topics like resilience, migration and climate change will be presented and discussed

Methodologies and tools of project planning and monitoring such as Project Cycle Management/Logframe Approach/Management of Cooperation will be presented and practiced.

An interactive role play simulating a participatory planning session in Ethiopia will reveal the impact of cultural settings and the conflict of interests in participatory planning.

read articles in preperation for each Unit

active participation in all lectures

participation in role play 

writen assignment 

oral exam

Introduction; History, Development Theories:

• Camagni, Roberto (2008) Towards a Concept of Territorial Capital. in: R. Capello, R. Camagni, B. Chizzolini, U. Fratesi (eds.) Modelling regional scenarios for the enlarged Europe,Springer, Berlin
• Chant, Sylvia and Mc Llwaine, Cathy, " Georgraphies of Development in the 21st Century. An Introduction to the Global South", Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK 2008
• Chambers, Robert, "Whose reality counts? Putting the last first", Intermediate Technology Publications, London, 1997
• Duflo, Esther and Abhijit Banerjee, "Poor Economics", Public Affaris, 2011
• Easterly, William, "The white man´s burden: why the West´s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good", Oxford University Press, 2006
• Rostow, Walt Whitman, "The Stages of Economic Growth. A Non-Communist Manifesto", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1960
• Sen, Amartya (1997/2003) Development Thinking at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Discussion Paper DEDPS/2 3. 1997; London School of Economics

Key elements for quality and ehtics in international development Cooperation

• UNDP - United Nations Development Programme (2011): Implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
• OECD: "The High level for an on aid effectivenenss: a history"
• UnitedNations (2015): Transforming our World - The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach:

• The European Commisson: Project Cycle Management Guidelines (2004)
• Sustainable Development Goals