ICP 622 - Developing Nations and Sustainability

Credits: 3
This course is designed to serve as a foundation policy analysis course for graduate studies. “Developing Nations and Sustainability” will introduce to students the core concepts, principles, and practices of sustainable development while considering the evolving models of the economic evaluation of Sustainable Development initiatives and programs. It examines National Policies of Developing Countries focusing on the environmental, economic, health, and social dimensions of development by focusing on changing patterns of consumption, production, and distribution of resources. This course includes a comparative analysis of US Public Policy covering certain features of the American political system that affect the making of public policy, and the role of ideology in structuring policy debates. The course concludes with an examination of the impact of globalization, the role of the private sector, and NGOs.