International development

Aid and Development Cooperation

Module code: L2149
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Workshop, Lecture
Assessment modes: Essay

In this module, you will explore historical and current factors that shape aid and development cooperation policy and practice, with a particular focus on the current drive for decolonisation and localisation.

Institutions covered will include:

• the multilateral development banks and the United Nations agencies
• official bilateral agencies, including so called 'emerging' donors
• the widening range of private and non-governmental actors.

Module learning outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of factors that have influenced the international aid and development cooperation architecture over the past 100 years or more with a particular focus on drivers of the move to decolonise and localise;
• Demonstrate understanding on how the above have influenced the structure, functioning and policy focus of a range of aid and development cooperation institutions with reference to examples in recipient countries;
• Critically debate contemporary issues affecting these institutions and their ability to decolonise or localise