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Development Studies: Key Topics & Insights

The document outlines key topics and reading materials related to development studies, including definitions, objectives, and various theories of development. It covers important concepts such as poverty, sustainable development goals, and indices like HDI and GNH, as well as measurement techniques and policies for poverty alleviation. Additionally, it discusses the roles of different actors in development and the implications of foreign direct investment and trade debates.

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Development Studies: Key Topics & Insights

The document outlines key topics and reading materials related to development studies, including definitions, objectives, and various theories of development. It covers important concepts such as poverty, sustainable development goals, and indices like HDI and GNH, as well as measurement techniques and policies for poverty alleviation. Additionally, it discusses the roles of different actors in development and the implications of foreign direct investment and trade debates.

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Development studies – some topics and reading list

1. Development- definition, explain, objectives, core values

2. Development studies- definition, issues/agenda, importance to study

3. Developing countries- definition, synonyms, example in various regions, characteristics

4. Diversity of developing countries, reason for lack of opportunity of generalisable development theory

5. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

6. Human Development Index (HDI)- definition, goals, measurement tech

7. Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index

8. Poverty- definition, concept- absolute/ relative, basic needs that cause absolute poverty, poverty
line/threshold

9. Deprivation trap, vicious circle of poverty

10. Poverty indicators, classification (income vs human), why to target human poverty

11. Human Poverty Index- measurement techniques

12. Poverty measurement- types and calculations of each types

13. Poverty measurement techniques in Bangladesh- DCI, FEI, CBN

14. Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient, their relations and measuring country’s inequality, calculations of Gini
coefficient

15. Poverty alleviation policy and strategies in BD

16. Social safety net

17. Basic theories of development

18. Non-classical model of development (Harrod- Domar model)

19. Balanced growth theory of development

20. Rostow’s stages of economic growth

21. Model of labour migration - explain, calculation

22. Modernization theory of development (only intro and basic features)

23. Dependency theory of development (short)

24. Neo-liberal theory of development


25. Alternative approaches of development- sustainable development and environmentalism, gender
inclusive development, populism in development

26. Actors/agents of development (explain each with positives and negatives)- market, state,
market-state partnership, international agencies, NGOs and CBOs, local government

27. Sectors of development

28. Informal/unorganized/ unregulated sector- definition, characteristics

29. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)- pros and cons

30. Trade debate for development

31. Some definitions/note- basic needs, laissez faire, social overhead capital, Malthus view on
population, knife-edge equilibrium, progressive state, stationary state, declining state, big push,
imperialism, capitalism, Say’s law of market, free trade, free market

Dr. Kasphia Nahrin, Professor, DURP, JU

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