1. Development Opportunities

Syllabus Outline: Ways of supporting the processes of human development

Key Terms

Development Indicators: Validity & Reliability

The multidimensional process of human development and ways to measure it:
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​   Activity: Human Development Introduction
   Activity: Measuring human development
   Article: Middle classes drive up life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa
   
   

Validity and reliability of development indicators and indices, including the human development index (HDI) and gender inequality index (GII)

The UN HDI
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   Webpage: Explore the UN HDI
   Webpage: What is the HDI?
​   Wiki: The Un HDI

The Gender Inequality Index
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   Webpage: Gender inequality index
   Map: The best & worst countries for gender equality
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals
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   Website: UN SDG knowledge platform
​   Website: Un SDG data atlas
   Visuals: UN SDG Progress and ranking
   PDF: Evaluating progress on the UN SDGs
   PDF: Thai sufficiency and the SDGs

Empowering Woman & Indigenous Groups

Detailed illustrative examples of affirmative action to close the development gap

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    Activity: Empowerment & affirmative action notes

Empowering Woman

Rwanda Case Study

The Greenbelt Movement - Gender and Sustainable Development
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   Website: The greenbelt movement
   Wiki: The green belt movement
​   Webpage: Nobel peace prize citation

Empowering Indigenous Groups

The Maori in Kaikoura, New Zealand

The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship Approaches

The importance of social entrepreneurship approaches for human development:

Microfinance
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   Website: Kiva 
   Webpage: About Kiva
   Webpage: The journey of a Kiva loan
​   Act!: Make a loan, change a life

Fairtrade
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   Webpage: Fairtrade foundation
   NIST Example: FairNIST Coffee
   NIST Example: Priceless - Organic rice
​   Article: Fairtrade only really benefits supermarkets
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   Website: Fairtrade foundation
   Article: Fairtrade only really benefits supermarkets
​   Nist Example: FairNIST Coffee
   NIST Example: Priceless
   Thai example: Doi Tung - From opium to coffee

TNC Corporate Social Responsibility
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   Website: Patagonia CSR 
​   Website: Patagonia's revolutionary CSR approach

   Article: 38 charged with Rana Plaza deaths
​   Article: 5 years on safety hangs in the balance
   

Global Corporate Agreements

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