Assessing Development Practices Needs and Outcomes

Module code: DEV7039-B

Module Aims

Students will develop: advanced knowledge of debates and experiences of development practice in different locales and contexts; advanced knowledge and understanding of the influence and use of methods and practices for assessing needs, monitoring progress, and assessing the outcomes and effectiveness of development policies, programmes and processes; advanced critical understanding of the use of indicators and metrics in the context of development policy and planning; understanding of the approaches and methods used to construct some of the major indices and rankings employed by international development agencies as well as a capacity to critique and engage with, contemporary debates on their uses and limitations;

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