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| Semester | Herbstsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Lucy Koechlin (lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Foreign aid and development cooperation are topics which we frequently encounter, but what do we really know about the way that it works? Can we even speak of development cooperation as if it were one thing, e.g. putting large-scale programmes of multilateral development banks in the same box as small, jointly developed projects between partners in the North and South? This seminar aims at providing insights into the different forms of development cooperation, the mechanics of development policies, how they are designed and implemented, and the issues that arise as a result of "external" intervention and development cooperation. In a first step we shall engage critically with literature on development cooperation, gaining a systematic overview over main types of development as well as the key critique levelled against it. In a second step development practitioners from various organisations will present their organisation and work, which will give us the opportunity to debate strengths and weaknesses of development cooperation from both an academic as well as a practitioner's perspective. Guest lecturers will include representatives from fepa (Fund for Development and Partnership in Africa), IAMANEH Switzerland, and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). |
| Lernziele | - Overview over main types of foreign aid - Understanding of types of intervention, their opportunities and challenges - Systematic engagement with and understanding of key critique of foreign aid |
| Literatur | World Bank (2017). World Development Report 2017 - Governance and the Law. Washington, World Bank. Available under http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2017 UNDP (2017). Human Development Report 2016 - Human Development for Everyone. Nairobi, United Nations Development Programme. Available under http://hdr.undp.org/en/2016-reporthttp://hdr.undp.org/en/2016-report Collier, Paul (2008). The Bottom Billion - Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What can be Done About it. Oxford University Press. See also his TED Talk on the same topic, available under https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion Easterly, William (2007). The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. Penguin Books. Moyo, Dambisa (2010). Dead Aid - Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa. Farrar, Strous and Giroux. See also the interview with Dambisa Moyo under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIPvlQOCfAQ Mwenda, Andrew (2007). See his TED Talk "Aid for Africa? No Thanks!", available under https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa Riddell, Roger C. (2014). Does Foreign Aid Really Work? An Updated Assessment. Development Policy Centre Discussion Paper 33. Available under https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2409847 |
| Bemerkungen | As we only have 3,5 days, it is crucial that you participate in all the modules, including the introduction on Friday, September 22, from 12.15-13.45. If you are not able to participate in one of the modules, please contact me as soon as possible under lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 30 Personen beschränkt. Die Plätze werden nach Anmeldedatum und Studienfachzugehörigkeit vergeben. Vorrang haben die Studierenden der unter "Module" aufgelisteten Studienfächer/-gänge. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Applied African Studies (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Forschungsfelder der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Sachthemen (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | - Short presentations - Group work |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Ethnologie |