SCOPESCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)

This is a course on "International Development" and "Development Assistance". Development is one of the global issues in the current world as shown in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). International Development Assistance has been perceived not only as an efficient tool for development of many societies and/or economies but also as a way to strengthen world peace. This class focuses on the history and the objectives of international development efforts and relationship between rich countries and poor countries putting special emphasis on Japan's role in the international society.

Completing the course, students are expected;
1) to better understand poverty and inequality in the current globalized world,
2) to acquire basic knowledge on international development efforts,
3) to understand each actor's role and responsibility in development efforts, and 4) to have an idea for more equal world structure.

Among diploma policies, "DP3" is related

英語 / English

Feedback on assignments submitted by students will be provided in class or through the Learning Management System. Classes consist of lectures and discussion. Students presentation based on assigned reading will be included. As the class will be held in seminar style, active contribution from students are expected.

However, methods will depend on the Covid-19 status. The class may be delivered on-line basis either as live session or on-demand session. Details will be notified in the Hoppii (Learning Support System) at the beginning of the spring semester.
Please note that the teaching approach may vary according to which threat level we are at. The details will be announced through the Learning Management System.

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Week 1[対面/face to face]：Introduction

Course introduction - What is poverty? What is inequality? Why do poverty and inequality matter?

Week 2[対面/face to face]：History and Background of International Development 1

Industrial Revolution, Great Diversion and Modernization

Week 3[対面/face to face]：History and Background of International Development 2

International development efforts after the World War II

Week 4[対面/face to face]：History and Background of International Development 3

International development efforts in the 21st century and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Week 5[対面/face to face]：Development Assistance

What is development assistance? Who is responsible for it?

Week 6[対面/face to face]：Japan's Development Assistance

Very short history of Japanese economic development and Japan's contribution to international development efforts

Week 7[対面/face to face]：New actors in development efforts

NGOs and business community in development

Week 8[対面/face to face]：Global trend in international development 1

Economic development and human development

Week 9[対面/face to face]：Global trend in international development 2

Environment, Sustainability and Development

Week 10[対面/face to face]：Thematic issue 1

Gender, Micro-finance and Grameen Bank

Week 11[対面/face to face]：Thematic issue 2

Fair Trade

Week 12[対面/face to face]：Thematic issue 3

COVID-19 and development

Week 13[対面/face to face]：The effect and impact of development efforts

Does international development assistance really work?

Week 14[対面/face to face]：Summary of the Course

Why do we aid?

Students need to prepare for and review each session by using textbooks, references, and distributed materials.
Students are required to complete reading assignments before the class and to submit short writing assignments provided in the worksheet. Occasional reflection sheets should be also submitted in the class.
Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Particular textbook is not assigned. Materials prepared by the lecturer will be distributed in the class.

David Alexander Clark (ed.) "The Elgar Companion to Development Studies" (2007) Edward Elgar Publishing,
Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith "Economic Development"(12th Edition) (The Pearson Series in Economics)(2014) Pearson
Websites of following organizations
- The World Bank
- The United Nations Development Programme
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

In class contribution 20%
Reading and Writing assignments 30%
Term paper 50%

(In case if the class will be delivered on-line basis, the grading criteria may be adjusted. Details will be notified in the Hoppii, at the beginning of the spring semester.)

If the Covid-19 situation continues, on-line live sessions are preferable than on-demand classes. In that case, the modality of the class will be decided based on the hearing from this year's participants.

The lecturer has working experience in the field of economic cooperation for developing countries. The contents of this course have direct relationship with lecturer's experience and knowledge.