Course Schedule

Date	Day	Unit	Topic	Readings
Jan 12	W	Getting Started	Overview
Jan 14	F	The Contours of Poverty	Poverty	Isbister: Chapter 1
Jan 17	M		Holiday
Jan 19	W		The Haves and Have Nots	Isbister: Chapter 2 "Hungry Decisions" Online Simulation > Select Educational Resource Corner from the pull-down menu on the left
Jan 21	F		Measuring Poverty and Underdevelopment	Meier: pp. 13-30 [Honors] GNP [On-line].
Jan 24	M		A Poor Woman Speaks	de Jesus: all  Individual Assignment 1 Due
Jan 26	W		Regional Perspectives	Group Presentation 1
Jan 28	F
Jan 31	M	Explanations	Explaining Underdevelopment: The Modernization View	Isbister: Chapter 3  and others TBA
Feb 2	W		Explaining Underdevelopment: The Marxist View
Feb 4	F		Explaining Underdevelopment: The Dependency View
Feb 7	M	The Emergence of the Foreign Aid Regime	The Beginnings: Imperialism and Colonialism	Isbister: Chapter 4  Individual Assignment 2 Due
Feb 9	W		The Next Step: Nationalism and Independence	Isbister: Chapter 5
Feb 11	F		Development Developments Since the '60s: An Overview	Isbister: Chapter 6
Feb 14	M	Justifying the Foreign Aid Regime	The Idealists	Burnell: Chapter 3 [Honors]  Hoy: Chapter 1
Feb 16	W		The Realists	Burnell: Chapter 4 [Honors]  Individual Assignment 3 Due
Feb 18	F	Actors in the Foreign Aid Regime	Bilateral Donors: USAID	Hoy Chapter 2  O'Hanlon: Chapters 1 and 2  Explore the USAID Web-site
Feb 21	M		Politics of Bilateral Aid
Feb 23	W		Bilateral Donor Conference Simulation	OECD Reports [Reserve]  Group Presentation 2
Feb 25	F
Feb 28	M		Multilateral Donors: The World Bank	Hoy: Chapter 3  Explore Web site
Mar 1	W		Multilateral Donors: The IMF	Hoy: Chapter 4  Explore Web site
Mar 3	F		Multilateral Donors: Other UN Organizations	Hoy: Chapter 5  Explore Web sites
Spring Break
Mar 13	M		Non-Governmental Organizations: Theory	Hoy: Chapters 6 and 7; Korten [Honors]
Mar 15	W		Non-Governmental Organizations: Practice	Explore Web sites Individual Assignment 4 Due
Mar 18	F	Delivering Aid	The Marshall Plan	TBA
Mar 20	M		Projects	TBA
Mar 22	W		Programs	TBA
Mar 25	F		Policies, Policy Reform, and Structural Adjustment	TBA
Mar 27	M		Politics of Policy Reform	Klitgaard
Mar 29	W
Apr 1	F
Apr 3	M
Apr 5	W	Issues in Global Development	Population	Group Presentation 3
Apr 8	F		Agriculture and Food
Apr 10	M		Environment and Sustainability
Apr 12	W		Women
Apr 15	F		Health
Apr 17	M		Debt
Apr 19	W		Trade
Apr 21	F		Governance
Apr 24	M	Reforming the Aid Regime	Aid Effectiveness
Apr 26	W
Apr 28	F		Alternative Futures	Group Presentation 4
May 1	M
May 3	W	Wrap Up	Global Development in a New Millennium
May 8	M	Take Home Final Due (5:00 PM)