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Poverty and Development

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The Poverty and Development Focus allows students to center their EPD coursework on poverty alleviation in developing countries.

The courses below are pre-approved for the Poverty and Development Focus.  Please keep in mind that not all of these courses are offered each year, nor is this an exhaustive list.   Be sure to consult the appropriate course bulletins and Registration Guides for the most up-to-date information.

U – SIPA G – Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
B – Business School L   – Law School
P – Mailman School of Public Health W – Fundraising Management

Course Number

Course Name

U8401

Current Issues in African Economic Development

U8910

Food, Farming & Famine:  Struggles for Sustainability`

U6775

Indian Economy in Transition

U6735

Issues in Rural Development

L9164

Labor Rights in a Global Economy

U8354

Microenterprise Development

U8356

Microenterprise Development & Women

U8101

Microfinance & the Capital Markets

U8352

Microfinance:  Building Inclusive Financial Sectors

Y6517

Peasant, Politics and Development in Africa

U6163

Political Economy of African Development

G4370

Process of Stratification/Inequality

U8104

Role of the Local Financial Sector in Development

U8430

World Poverty:  Analysis and Policy