Poverty and Development MA
Master
In Brighton
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Course Distance Learning£ 45 £ 1,100 -
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Course Online£ 21 -
Alpha Academy
Course Online£ 27 £ 379 -
One Education
Course Online£ 100 -
John Academy
Course Online£ 24 £ 248 -
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Course Distance Learning£ 45 £ 1,100 -
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Course Online£ 23 £ 279
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Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
1 Year
Poverty reduction is the ultimate measure of development effectiveness. On this Poverty and Development MA, you gain the knowledge and skills to engage with the design, implementation and assessment of national and international efforts to reduce poverty.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, you’ll develop a:
sound understanding of the main theories of development and poverty reduction in development
solid grounding in the concepts and skills needed to engage in debates on poverty and development.
This course is taught at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).
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About this course
IDS postgraduates have gone on to work as ministers in national governments, high-level officials in development organisations, civil servants, leaders of civil society organisations and high profile academics at universities across the world.
They are all working to define and solve some of the most pressing global challenges. Some also go on to work in academic research.
Graduate destinations
100% of students from the Institute of Development Studies were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent IDS students have gone on to jobs including:
assistant to child protection, UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency)
monitoring and evaluation specialist, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
consultant, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.
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Subjects
- Design
- International
- Research
- Dissertation
- Programming
- Economic
- Nutrition
- Health
- Financial Management
- Professional
Course programme
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
- Research Design
- Dissertation Poverty and Development
- Debating Poverty and Vulnerability: Policy and Programming
- Poverty and Inequality
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
- Aid and Poverty: the Political Economy of International Development Assistance
- Climate Change and Development
- Competing in the Green Economy
- Development in Cities
- Economic Perspectives on Development
- Governance of Violent Conflict and (In)security
- Health and Development
- Nutrition
- Poverty, Violence and Conflict
- Power and Social Perspectives on Development
- Public Financial Management
- Reflective and Creative Practice for Social Change
- Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
- The Politics of Gender
- Theory and Practice of Impact Evaluation
- Unruly Politics
Additional information
Poverty and Development MA
-
CPD Courses
Course Distance Learning£ 45 £ 1,100 -
Course Gate
Course Online£ 21 -
Alpha Academy
Course Online£ 27 £ 379 -
One Education
Course Online£ 100 -
John Academy
Course Online£ 24 £ 248 -
CPD Courses
Course Distance Learning£ 45 £ 1,100 -
Alpha Academy
Course Online£ 23 £ 279
See all