DVM 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gross National Income, Millennium Summit, Brinell Scale

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2106
• Professor: Rebecca Tiessen

Document Summary

Jan 11: learning objectives, to understand the causes and consequences of global poverty, to consider the ethical and practical arguments for poverty reduction, to examine the key concepts and terminology used to de ne and explain poverty. Collier: reasons for poverty growth: con ict trap, 73% of the poorest billion are in or just came out of civil war, low econ growth and productivity, unemployment, poverty and con ict both contribute to each other. Forms of social exclusion: hpi indicators of of deprivation: short life, lack of basic education, and lack of access to public and private resources (captured in hdi) When are these tools useful and what are their limitations: designing a project - what to consider, https://www. fundsforngos. org/how-to-write-a-proposal/introduction-to-proposal- writing/ Others , problems requiring solutions, paternalism (neocolonialism - theoretical) Practical application of goal setting: rbm (uses: planning, monitoring and evaluating projects, used for achieving improved performance and demonstrable results, focuses on a program/project life-cycle.