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The course is aimed at providing the students with the conceptual and analytical tools necessary to understand the historical trajectory of global development from 1800 to the present.
The key question this course addresses is: What are the effects of globalization on poverty and inequality around the world, and how do those effects vary within and across countries? This question requires defining and measuring “poverty” and “inequality” in rigorous terms.

Other aims of the course are ((learning objectives):

- To understand the strengths and weaknesses of the basic theoretical perspectives on global development;
- To understand the roles of the developed world in shaping the societies and policies of the developing world;
- To understand multiple perspectives on global social problems;
- To understand the different ‘faces’ of global inequality;
- To understand the major effects of development and globalization on social inequalities among nations, regions, classes, genders, and races;
- To understand the roles of corporations, states, and civil society in shaping global development and social change;
- To understand the interrelations of the physical environment, global development, and social inequalities;
- To acquire an appreciation of the interrelationships between our lives and those of people in developing countries.