Globalization and Development

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Three distinct perspectives will be developed in this course. The first is understanding how the global economy is organized and how it changes over time. We will analyze competing conceptions of globalization, with an emphasis on the global value chains framework. The second perspective is analyzing how countries move up (or down) in the global economy. This has been a central concern for development theory over the years, but many of the core propositions and even units of analysis of traditional development models have been questioned in the era of globalization. We will examine these issues in the light of recent research on industrial upgrading and regional integration. A third set of issues focuses on sustainable development. We will look at efforts by companies, countries, and diverse social actors to combine social and environmental sustainability with economic growth, and you will evaluate the degree to which these efforts have been (or could be) successful. Course Requirement

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