Content of Learning Activity

Part 1: Concepts of Development and Sustainable Development

- United Nations Gross National Income (GNI) per capita classification
- Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
- Brundtland Commission Report (1987)
- UN, UNEP, WWF (1991):
- Sustainable development in a North-South context

Part 2: 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals

Part 3: Case Studies

- Traditional aid programmes
- Scaling
- Shared Value
- Co-innovation
- Social enterprise

Part 4: Seminars - External guest speakers           

Required Learning Resources/Tools

Not applicable              

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

- Adelman, I. (2000). Fifty years of economic development: what have we learned. ABCDE Europe.
- Barbier, E. B. (2005). Natural resources and economic development. Cambridge University Press.
- Bartelmus, P. (2002). Environment, growth and development: The concepts and strategies of sustainability. Routledge.
- Blank, Steve. "Why the lean start-up changes everything." Harvard business review 91.5 (2013): 63-72.
- Brundtland, G. H., & Khalid, M. (1988). Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future
- Carucci, R. (2016). Midsize Companies Shouldn't Confuse Growth with Scaling. Harvard Business Review. Available at: https://hbr.org/2016/07/midsize-companies-shouldnt-confuse-growth-with-scaling
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). (2011). The state of food and agriculture 2010-2011. Women in agriculture: Closingthe gender gap for development.
- Human Development Initiative. (2018). Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2018: The most detailed picture to date of the world's poorest people. University of Oxford, UK.
- UN, PNUE & WWF. (1991). " Caring for the earth: A strategy for sustainable living ". Available at: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30889?show=full
- Pearce, D. (1988). Optimal prices for sustainable development. In Economics, growth and sustainable environments (pp. 57-66). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
- Porter, M. E., & Kramer, M. R. (2019). Creating shared value. In Managing sustainable business (pp. 323-346). Springer, Dordrecht.
- Redclift, M. (1992). The meaning of sustainable development. Geoforum, 23(3), 395-403.
- Saragih, H. S., & Tan, J. D. (2018). Co-innovation: a review and conceptual framework. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 17(3), 361-377.
- WESP report appendix. (2014). Available at: https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf      

Other Recommended Reading

- Moyo, D. (2009). Dead aid: Why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa. Macmillan.      

Mode of delivery

• Hybrid

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

• Cours magistraux
• Conférences

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