Section outline
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Dr. Md Iqbal Alam Khan
Professor
Department of Development Studies
Email: iqbalakhan12@gmail.comCell: 01713311004
Google Meet Class Link: http://meet.google.com/ppw-hshq-mgt
Course Learning Objectives
CLO1
Critically analyze how poverty and development can be understood, measured and analysed at global, national and local/grassroots levels.
CLO2
Explore the linkages between poverty alleviation and development from a historical, theoretical, and institutional perspective.
CLO3
Investigate key strategies and factors for promoting development and poverty reduction with practices.
CLO4
Examine why some poor countries have been successful in catching up to industrialized countries in per capita income, while others are falling behind, and why half of the world’s population remains poor.
CLO5
Explain the discussion and debate of best practices in poverty reduction nationally and internationally.
Syllabus and Lecture Plan
Lecture 1: Introducing the course
- Lecture 2. Introduction to Poverty
- Lecture 3-4: Methods of Measuring Poverty: Challenges and Development
- Lecture 5: Class Test-1
- Lecture 6: Rural and Urban Poverty
- Lecture 7-8: System and structure for poverty reduction
- Lecture 9-10: The Role of Public Institutions and Organization in poverty alleviation
- Lecture 11: Class Test-2
- Lecture 12: Midterm Exam
- Lecture 13: NGOs & MicroCredits
- Lecture 14-15: Foreign Aid & Development Partners
- Lecture 16: Presentation and Assignment
- Lecture 17: Social Development and Poverty
- Lecture 18: Class Test-3
- Lecture 19: Corruption and Mismanagement
- Lecture 20-21: Conflicts & Refugee Crisis
- Lecture 22: Final Examination
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This course uses multidisciplinary approaches to explore the linkages between poverty Alleviation and development from an historical, theoretical, and institutional perspective. It explores how poverty and development can be understood, measured and analysed at global, national and local/grassroots levels and investigates key strategies and factors to promoting development and poverty reduction. The main objective of this course is to examine why some poor countries have been successful in catching up to industrialised countries in per capita income, while others are falling behind, and why half of the world’s population remains poor.
Objectives of the lecture
• Define the key objectives of this course
• Identify the implications of this course
• Clarify the key contents of the course
• Disclose about the methods of teaching and learning
• Understand about the evaluation system
• Share some reading books and references
Outcomes of the Lecture
• Learners are being able to find out the key objective of this course.
• Students will be able to find out the proper implication of this course.
• Students will clarify the significance of this course.
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Locus and Focus of Poverty from different perspectives
Concepts & history of poverty (Global and Bangladesh Perspective)
World War 2 and the Marshall Plan
Case Studies: Europe, Japan, China & India
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Poverty dynamics and Measuring Poverty
Theories, definitions and calculations to measure poverty
From MDGs to SDGs, Basic needs and Food Security
Poverty alleviation programmes: types, limitations and way-outs-
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Students mustMark as done
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Week 6-7: The Political Economy of Poverty Reduction Programs: System and Structure of Poverty Reduction
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Students mustMark as done
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Dear Students, Please make sure your involvement timely.
Date: September 20, 2024
Your exam time is from 10:00 am to 10:30 am
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Urbanization and Migration
Frameworks for understanding urban & rural poverty
Cumulative Impacts of Urban & Rural Poverty
Context of urban & rural poverty
Assessing urban & rural poverty
Actions to Address Urban & Rural Poverty-
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- Development Paradigms
- Key principles of Human Development
- Poverty Reduction trade-offs
- Rise of the South
- Insiders and Outsiders Role in Development
- Problematizing development
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Concepts and History of NGOs,
Women empowerment, Grameen Bank & BRAC
Income sources of NGOs, criticisms of NGOs
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Students mustMark as done
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Concepts and Typology of foreign aid;
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy,
the Political Economy of International Development Assistance
Globalization and new challenges (Pandemic, new superpowers, boycott movements)
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Students mustMark as done
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Women & Health: Women in Poverty;
Gender discrimination; Poverty and health
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Total Marks: 10, Time: 30:0 Minutes, Dated: December 11, 2024
1. Analyze the common focus of human development and explain the strategies used to achieve it.
2. Define the concept of the transient poor and evaluate the policies most suitable for protecting them.
3. Analyze the strategies rural labor adopts to participate in the urban labor market and explain the factors influencing these strategies.
4. Assess the role of remittances in poverty reduction and provide evidence to support your evaluation.
5. Identify the different methods for selecting the target population for poverty reduction interventions and explain their advantages and limitations.