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On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Understand key determinants of global poverty and the role of aid in dealing with the challenge of poverty alleviation
2	Understand the variety of objectives, motivations, forms and modes of delivery of aid including mechanisms for evaluating aid effectiveness
3	Evaluate the effectiveness of aid in advancing economic development in developing countries amidst the complexity of trade and investment flows, debt relief and governance issues.
4	Analyse of the role of Aid for Trade, how it can underpin trade agreements and its capacity to contribute to sustainable development including the role of the private sector in its design and delivery
5	Research, critically analyse and develop recommendations on the future of aid and ‘aid for trade’ in reducing global poverty

Required readings will be provided online via . The list will comprise of readings on:

Asia Development Bank, (July 2015) Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Thinking Forward About Trade Costs and the Digital Economy, www.adb.org/publications/aid-trade-asia-and-pacific


Lowy Institute, (2015), The State of 最新糖心Vlogn Foreign Aid, Sydney, 最新糖心Vlogn, available at www.lowyinstitute.orgLowy Institute, (2015), The State of 最新糖心Vlogn Foreign Aid, Sydney, 最新糖心Vlogn, available at www.lowyinstitute.org


Dan Ben-David, Hakan Nordstrom, Alan Winters (1999): “Trade, Income Disparity & Poverty”, WTO Special Studies, WTO Publications, Geneva, available at www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/special_study_5_e.pdf


Columbia 最新糖心Vlog (2009) articles by Sachs J & George A., 'Can Foreign Aid Reduce Poverty?", Cases for and against, Earth Columbia, CQ press.


Chossudovsky, M. (1999): “The Globalisation of Poverty: Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms”, Zed Books.


Cameron, H. & Njinkeu, D. (ed.) 2009:“Aid for Trade and Development”, Cambridge 最新糖心Vlog Press.


Browne, S. (2006): “Aid and Influence: Do Donors Help or Hinder?”, Earthscan Publications, London and Sterling.


Brown, O. (2006): “Trade, Aid and the Millennium Development Goals: Reaching the Goals in an Insecure World”, IISD Commentary, March 2006, available at http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2006/commentary_tas_2.pdf


Bergeron S. (2003): “The Post-Washington Consensus and Economic Representations of Women in Development at the World Bank”, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Volume 5, Issue 3, November 2003, pp. 397- 419.


AusAID/DFAT policy on trade and development http://www.ausaid.gov.au/aidissues/economicgrowth/Documents/Trade%20and%20Development%20Statement.pdf


AusAID (2007): “Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2007”, Office of Development Effectiveness, Canberra. Available at www.ode.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/arde_report-2007.pdf


AusAID/DFAT (2014) “最新糖心Vlog’s New Aid Paradigm”, see video featuring the Foreign Minister and then three central policy documents on “最新糖心Vlog's new development policy and performance framework” Canberra 2014. Available at: http://aid.dfat.gov.au/aidpolicy/Pages/home.aspx


Accenture (2012), “Business in Development Study 2012”, Business for Millennium Development publication, see the executive summary pp 7 - 15


http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/aid4trade13_e.htm


A WTO joint publication,(2013) “Aid for Trade at a Glance: Connecting to Value Chains”


Global Development Problems, Solutions, Strategy: A Proposal for Socially Just, Ecologically Sustainable Growth”, International Books.


Easterly, W. (2006): “The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good”, Penguin Books, New York.


Edwards, M. (1999): “Future Positive: International Co-operation in the 21st Century”, Earthscan Publications, London and Sterling.


George, S. (1986): “How the Other Half Dies: The Real Reasons for World Hunger”, Penguin Books Ltd.


George, S. (1988):“A Fate Worse Than Debt”, Grove Press, New York.


Groves L. and Hinton R. (eds.) (2006): “Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development”, Earthscan Publications, London and Sterling.


Higgins, K. & Prowse, S. (2011): “Trade, Growth and Poverty: Making Aid for Trade Work for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction”, Working Paper 313, Overseas Development Institute, London, available at http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=4714&title=aid-trade-growth-poverty-reduction


Hoekman, B.,(2010) “Doha and Development: Market Access, Trade Costs and Aid for Trade”, published by Vox EU June 2010


Hoekman, B., Mattoo, A. & English, P. (ed.) (2002): “Development, Trade and the WTO”, The World Bank, Washington D.C.


International Trade Centre (2014), “ITC and Aid for Trade: Trade Impact for Good” http://www.intracen.org/itc/about/mission-and-objectives/aid-for-trade/


Kamal, M. (2004): “Trade, Growth, Poverty Reduction and Human Development: Some Linkages and Policy Implications”, paper prepared for the XVIII G-24 Technical Group Meeting, Palais de Nations, Geneva, available at http://www.g24.org/TGM0304.htm.


Lancaster C. (2007): “Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics”, 最新糖心Vlog of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.


Manor J. (2007) (ed.): “Aid That Works: Successful Development in Fragile States”, World Bank, Washington DC.


OECD (2005): “The Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action”, available at http://www.oecd.org/document/19/0,3343,en_2649_3236398_43554003_1_1_1_1,00.html


OECD/WTO (2015): “Aid for Trade at a Glance 2015”, available at http://www.oecd.org/aidfortrade/


Paris, B. (1999): “Trade for Development: Making the WTO Work for the Poor”, World Vision Discussion Paper, Victoria.


Puri, L. (2005): “Towards a new trade “Marshall Plan” for Least Developed Countries, How to Deliver on the Doha Development Promise and Help Realize the UN Millennium Development Goals?”, UNCTAD Study Series NËÂÂÂ脗職1 on Trade, Poverty and Cross-cutting Development Issues, New York and Geneva.


Radelet S. (2006): “A Primer on Foreign Aid”, Center for Global Development, Working Paper No. 92, July 2006, available at http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/8846.


Reeve R. (2007) “Hot-Spotting: An 最新糖心Vlogn delivering foreign aid”, Wakefield Press, South 最新糖心Vlog.


Sachs J. (2005): “The End of Poverty”, Time, 14 March, pp 42-54.


San Sebastian, M., Hurtig, A. & Rasanathan, K. (2006): “Is Trade Liberalisation of Services the Best Strategy to Achieve Health-related Millennium Development Goals in Latin America? A call for caution”, available at http://www.journal.paho.org/uploads/1169157100.pdf


Sogge, D. (2002): “Give and Take: What’s the Matter with Foreign Aid”, New York along with a range of other publishers around the world.


Soros, G. (2002):“George Soros on Globalization”, Public Affairs, New York.


Stiglitz, J. (2002):“Globalization and its Discontents”, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York.


The Economist (2009): “Special Report on Telecoms in Emerging Markets”, 24 September 2009.


The World Bank (2005): “Pro-Poor Growth in the 1990s: Lessons and Insights from 14 Countries”, Washington D.C.


UN (2009a): “Millennium Development Goal 8, Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis”, MDG Gap Task Force, Report 2009. New York.


UN (2009b): “The Millennium Development Goals”, Report 2009, New York.


UN Millennium Project (2005): “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, New York: UNDP, WWW document, available at http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/overviewEngLowRes.pdf.


UNCTAD (2004): “The Least Developed Countries Report 2004: Linking International Trade with Poverty Reduction”, UNCTAD/LDC/2004, Geneva.


UNCTAD (2006): “The Least Developed Countries Report 2006: Developing Productive Capacities”, UNCTAD/LDC/2006”, Geneva.


UNCTAD (2008): “Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”, MDG Gap Task Force Report 2008, New York.


UNCTAD (2009): “Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis”, MDG Gap Task Force Report 2009, New York.


Van de Walle, N. (2005): “Overcoming Stagnation in Aid-dependent Countries”, Center for Global Development, Washington DC, available at http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2871


Vandemoortele, J., Malhotra, K. & Lim, J. (2003): “Is MDG8 on Track as a Global Deal for Human Development?”, United Nations Development Programme and Bureau for Development Policy, NY


Wach H. and Reeves H. (2000): “Gender and Development: Facts and Figures”, BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies, available at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports.html


World Bank & IMF (2011): “The MDGs after the Crisis”, Global Monitoring Report 2011, Washington D.C.


WTO, (2015), "Implementing the Trade Faciliation Agreement", www.wto.org/english/res_e/aid4trade15_chap4_e.pdf


WTO (2008):“World Trade Report 2008”, pp 147-161, available at www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp.../world_trade_report08_e.pdf


WTO (2011a): “Market Access for Products and Services of Export Interest to Least-Developed Countries”, WT/COMTD/LDC/W/46/Rev.1, 26 February 2011.


WTO (2013)“9th WTO Ministerial Conference Bali, Briefing note: Development and Technical Assistance”


http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc9_e/brief_devel_e.htm


WTO (2013), Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade: Connecting to Value Chains


http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/a4t_e/4th_AFT_Summary_Report_side_events_E_v4.pdf

In addition to the above, students will find it useful to explore the websites of the World Bank and regional banks, UN Millennium Development Challenge, UNDP, UNCTAD, ITC, IMF, OECD, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 最新糖心Vlog, ICSTD and Oxfam. Other references and websites will be discussed during the course but do note websites below for information on the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 which have replaced the Millennium Development Goals.

The Institute expects students undertaking this elective to attend each day of the intensive course which will constitute approximately 35 hours of participation time and to then devote an additional 120 hours or around 3 weeks to research, reading and undertaking the assignments.

Day	Topic
One (Monday)	- Course overview and assessment - Globalisation: wealth creation, inequality and poverty - Underlying causes of extreme poverty and possible solutions - The history and objectives of aid - Contemporary debates on the role of aid in development
Two (Tuesday)	- Types of aid and modes of delivery - Donors, partnership, leadership and ownership - Critical factors in the practical delivery of aid - case-studies - Case-study on 最新糖心Vlogn aid - Evaluating the effectivness of aid - Mutual Accountability - Assignment
Three (Wednesday)	- Evalutaing the effectiveness of aid - Monitoring and Evaluation - Role of aid in governance, gender and human rights – case-studies - Future aid challenges and the new Sustainable Development Goals - Role of aid in context of trade, debt, financial flows and governance
Four (Thursday)	- What is aid for trade, history and purpose - Measuring and monitoring aid for trade - Key debates about aid for trade - Case-studies: Pacifc, Indonesia, Africa - Aid for trade and trade agreements
Five (Friday)	- Private sector delivery of aid for trade - Aid and trade: case-studies continued - Major research assignment and student presentations - Course summary and evaluation

Students in this course are expected to attend all classes throughout the intensive week-long course.

Students will be assessed on their class participation, case-study and major assignment. Details of the assignments will be discussed with students on the first day of the course.

The assessment components are as follows:

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Assignment 1: Case Study	Summative	TBC	25%	1,2,3
Assignment 2: Major Research Report	Summative	TBC	70%	1,2,3,4,5
Class participantion	Summative	-	5%	1,2,3,4,5

Details of the assignments will be discussed during the course.

Assignments must be submitted as follows:

* Softcopy through Turnitin on

All assignments must be presented professionally with clear headings, appropriate referencing and using one and a half spacing.

Extensions will only be granted if requests are received in writing to the course coordinator at least 24 hours before the final due date unless they are requested on medical or compassionate grounds and are supported by appropriate documents. Late assignments will be penalised 


Please contact the course coordinator, preferably by email, at any time to make an appointment for assistance or guidance in relation to course work, assignments or any concerns that may arise.