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Development Geography will provide students with an understanding of how the global economy impacts on developing countries, or the 'global South', where complex challenges of global poverty and hunger are making ever greater demands on local, state and international institutions to 'deliver' development. This course will critically engage in 'development' thinking, strategies and ideology from the post-World War II period to the present. This course will have a particular (though not exclusive) focus on development issues in sub-Saharan Africa, where many countries did not meet the Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015). A solid grounding in theories of development and 'underdevelopment' will provide students with the analytical skills to engage in real world practical examples of development challenges and opportunities. Topics will include: the role of institutions of global governance, link between 'resource curse' and conflict, rural and urban livelihoods, international development aid, indicators of development and the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

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For MBus students this course will complement Strategic Management (ZBUS8101) and Organisational Behaviour (ZBUS8102) as core units in the Master of Business as well as such electives as Cross-Cultural Management (ZBUS8318) and Economic Worldview (ZBUS8148).