Foreign Aid, development, Diplomacy (INS 5356)
Term: 2020-2021 Academic Year - Fall Semester
Description
This course examines the roles of international and national aid agencies, NonGovernmental Organizations, and civil society in development. Since the failure
of various Modernization projects in the 1970s, emphasis in development
has changed. Local involvement in all phases of a project is now considered
essential, at least in theory if not always in practice. Meanwhile, the financing of
development projects is still largely dependent on International Organizations
while development policies are determined by national agencies. This course
explores the growth of NGOs and of local associations in the planning and
implementation of development. Focus is on the Arab world and Africa, but
Latin America, Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent may also be studied.