Module overview

Module Introduction Video [5 mins]

Module Introduction document

Study Calendar

A Brief History of Major International Development Paradigms

Assessment

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Viewing tutor feedback on Turnitin

SOAS Marking Criteria

Module Forums

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General discussion forum

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E-tivity 1: Online Participation Forum

E-tivity 1 - Online Participation Guidance

E-tivity 1 Weekly Online Participation Forum

E-tivity 1 - Participation deadlines

E-tivity 1 Online Participation: Grades

Unit 1: Conceptualising Poverty

Unit 1 Guide - Conceptualising Poverty

Unit 1 - Introductory Video [15 mins]

Introductory Video slides

Exercise A reading: Narayan et al. (2000) Voices of the Poor: Can Anyone Hear Us?

Key reading: Ruggeri Laderchi et al. (2003) Does it matter that we do not agree on the definition of poverty?

Key reading: Fischer (2018) Unpeeling the politics of poverty measures

Exercise B Audio: The Morality of Poverty

Unit 2: From MDGs to SDGs

Unit 2 Guide - From MDGs to SDGs

Unit 2 - Introductory Video [15 min]

Introductory Video slides

Exercise A: SDG Tracker

Key reading: Liverman (2018) Critical perspectives on the MDGs and the SDGs

Key reading: Horn &amp; Grugel (2018) SDGs: setting or serving domestic development agendas

Exercise B: Limits of indicators

E-tivity 2 - Library information retrieval

E-tivity 2 - Library Retrieval Guidance

E-tivity 2 - Library information retrieval Forum

Unit 3: Money Metrics of Poverty

Unit 3 Guide - Money metrics of poverty

Unit 3 - Introductory Video [19 min]

Introductory Video slides

Exercise A: National and International Poverty Lines

Key reading: Deaton (2003) Measuring poverty

Key reading: Saith (2005) Poverty lines versus the poor

Exercise B: Poverty Lines Exercise Guidance

Exercise B: Poverty Lines Exercise

Exercise B: Poverty Lines Exercise Forum

E-tivity 3 - Critical Commentary and Peer Review

E-tivity 3 - Critical Commentary and Peer Review (CCPR) Guidance

Critical Commentary readings

Forum for Critical Commentaries and Peer Reviews

E-tivity 3 Submission Area

Unit 4: Multidimensional Poverty

Unit 4 Guide - Multidimensional Poverty

Unit 4 - Introductory Video [18 min]

Introductory Video slides

Exercise A: Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) videos

Key Reading: Sen (1999) Poverty as Capability Deprivation

Key Reading: Alkire and Santos (2014) Robustness and scope of the MPI

Exercise B: Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) data

Unit 5: Social Exclusion

Unit 5 Guide - Social Exclusion

Unit 5 - Introductory Video [17 min]

Introductory Video slides

Key reading: Kabeer (2000) Social exclusion, poverty and discrimination

Key reading: Hickey and du Toit (2013) Adverse incorporation, social exclusion and chronic poverty

Exercise A audio: India's Dalits: Fighting for Justice

Exercise A reading: Kabeer (2015) on intersecting inequalities

Unit 6: Trends in Poverty and Inequality

Unit 6 Guide - Trends in Poverty and Inequality

Unit 6 - Introductory Video [19 min]

Introductory Video slides

Exercise A: Knowing historical poverty

Exercise B: Economists on inequality

Key Reading 1: Horner &amp; Hulme (2019) From international to global development

Key Reading 2: Sumner (2019) Change and continuity in late development

Unit 7: Reflections on Poverty Studies

Unit 7 Guide - Reflections on Poverty Studies

Exercise A: Critical poverty studies

Exercise B: Mid-module feedback

Key reading: Horn & Grugel (2018) SDGs: setting or serving domestic development agendas

Key Reading 1: Horner & Hulme (2019) From international to global development