Dear second-year EPD students,

We hope you’re having a relaxing and productive summer and have been staying well. We look forward to hearing about your summer experiences and seeing you on campus this fall. Below you will find important information about the Methods course, a required fall course for all second-year EPD students. 

We also included updates on our EPD core courses and highlighted new electives added to our professional focus areas. You can review a comprehensive list of all fall 2022 courses in our professional focus areas here. 

We also wanted to inform you that Prof. Ocampo - Co-Director of EPD along with Prof. McGill - has been asked to serve as Minister of Finance in the new administration in Colombia, and he is taking public service leave to serve in that position. We look forward to including him (virtually) in EPD events, and he looks forward to supporting EPD workshop teams doing projects in Colombia during his leave. 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.  

Best wishes,
The EPD Team
 

U6827 METHODS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

The Methods for Sustainable Development Practice course is a required fall course for second-year EPD students, and a prerequisite for participating in the Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice (the EPD Workshop). This fall, there will be three sections of the Methods course, two on Wednesday - at 11:00 am, and 4:10 pm, and one on Thursday at 2:10 pm. There will also be three lab sections on Friday - at 9:30 am, and 11:00 am.  Each class section will be linked to one lab section. A few optional speakers and skill building sessions may also be scheduled at lunchtime.  

Application & deadline

The Methods course is set up as an application course so that we can gather information on your background and interests. To access and complete your application, follow this link 
https://fs23.formsite.com/SIPA/MethodsDevPractice_App/index.html. At the end of the application, you will be asked to upload a one-page resume. The application form will open on Monday, August 15th at 9:00 am and will be due on Wednesday, August 31st at noon.

Registration

Registration for the Methods course is currently closed, and there is no need to add yourself to the waitlist for one of the Methods sections. All second-year EPD concentrators can assume they will be accepted in the Methods course. Students should attend any section of the first class on Wednesday, September 7 or Thursday, September 8.  During the first class, we will collect information about your preferred class and lab sections. We will assign and confirm sections after the first class, and THEN you can register for the course through SSOL. 

If you have four or more years of development management experience, and would like to take a more specialized course in place of Methods, please email your resume to Prof. Jenny McGill (em419) before August 31st. 

Finally, if you have a potential client or project in mind for the Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice, and haven’t contacted us yet, please email Jenny (em419) or Ilona (iv2105) and we’ll follow up with you. 
 

EPD DOUBLE-COUNTING RULES

In planning your courses for this year, please note that EPD students specializing in DAQA may not double-count any courses between EPD and DAQA (this is related to the new STEM designation of the EPD/DAQA program).  EPD students in other specializations may double-count up to 2 courses (or 6 credits) between EPD and their specialization (for courses that are accepted by both programs). For more details on our double-counting rules, see our webpage on the SIPA website.
 

EPD CORE COURSES

If you need to fulfill your core political dimensions of sustainable development and/or economic dimensions of sustainable development core requirements this year, these will be your options in 2022-23:

POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORE 

Fall 2022

INAF U6178 Politics of Sustainable Development
Gizem Acikgoz
Thursday, 11:00-12:50 pm
Call #: 15970
Note on registration: Priority in registration will be given to EPD students. Only students who officially declare EPD as their concentration (which would be reflected in their SSOL profile) will be initially able to register. If space permits, non-EPD students may be allowed to register as well.

INAF U6538 State Building in the Developing World
Daniel Corstange
Wednesday, 9:00–10:50 am
Call #: 16470

SPRING 2023 (schedule will be available in the fall)

INAF U6412 State and Society in the Developing  World
Maria Victoria Murillo

INAF U6438 Persistent Problems in the Global South: Policies and Politics for Sustainable Development
Rumela Sen

INAF U8260 Authoritarianism: Accountability and Policy-Making in Non-Democratic Settings 
Lisa Anderson

SPRING 2023 (schedule will be available in the fall)

INAF U6602 Economic Development for International Affairs 
Andrew Simons

INAF U8145 Advanced Economic Development for International Affairs
Eric Verhoogen        

OTHER EPD COURSES IN 2022-2023

Fall 2022

INAF U6114 Working with the Private Sector for Development Outcomes
Barbara Magnoni
Monday, 2:10-4:00 pm 
Call #: 15960

INAF U6173 Migration and Human Development
Daniel Naujoks
Tuesday, 11:00-12:50 pm 
Call #: 15969

INAF U8246 Comparative Development: East Asia, Its Lessons and Other Regions
Akbar Noman
Wednesday, 2:10-4:00 pm
Call #: 16713

INAF U8350 Finance for the World’s Poorest 
Jeffrey Ashe
Tuesday, 6:10-10:00 pm (meets every other Tuesday)
Call #: 16660

PUAF U8349 Intersections of Race and Power in Development 
Shawna Wakefield
Thursday, 9:00-10:50 am
Call #: 16819
Note on Registration: Priority in registration will be given to EPD, MDP, IO/UN and GPP students. Registration for this course will be managed through a waitlist. Interested EPD students should therefore add themselves to the waitlist as soon as they can register. 

Spring 2023 (schedule will be available in the fall)

INAF U6163 African Development Strategies: Policies, Institutions and Governance
Akbar Noman

INAF U6183 Innovation for Development in Practice
Benjamin Kumpf
 
INAF U6303 Financial Inclusion: Models and Products to Enhance Financial Access for the Poor
Camilla Nestor and Louise Schneider-Moretto

INAF U6658 Politics and Policies in South Asia
Rumela Sen

INAF U6891 Impact Evaluations in Practice 
Jyotsna Puri

INAF U6892 Monitoring and Evaluation Is Everyone’s Job: Driving Evidence-Based Development and Humanitarian Aid 
Kevin Hong

INAF U6914 Policies and Practices in Human-Centered Digital Development
Savita Bailur and Sarah Sterling

INAF U8354 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development 
Zaki Raheem and Lief Doerring

INAF U8785 Gender, Politics and Development: Theory, Policy and Practice 
Jenny McGill and Maxine Weisgrau
 

EPD PROFESSIONAL FOCUS AREA COURSES 

We have updated our professional focus area course lists with the following new courses. 

Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development

• INAF U8355 Economic Perspectives on Inequality

Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional

• INAF U6426 Energy Transition in Latin America

Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development

• INAF U6267 Climate-security: Examining the links between climate change, peace and security

Political Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional

• REGN U6855 Chinese Foreign Policy

Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development

• INAF U8355 Economic Perspectives on Inequality

Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development

• INAF U6267 Climate-security: Examining the links between climate change, peace and security

Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Regional

• INAF U6426 Energy Transition in Latin America

To view a comprehensive list of all fall 2022 courses in our professional focus areas, click here.
 

Students interested in this seminar should send their cv and a statement of interest to karl.sauvant@law.columbia.edu.

This seminar addresses the role of foreign direct investment (FDI), as undertaken by multinational enterprises (MNEs), in the economic growth and development of host countries and national policy and regulatory issues this role raises. More specifically, it begins with a brief review of MNE strategies, before looking at the salient features of FDI and the factors that drive its expansion and that will be doing so in the future (especially emerging market MNEs, offshoring). An assessment of the role of FDI in trade and the transfer of technology follows. While the discussion of the impact of FDI will deal with policy and regulatory issues, the remainder of the seminar focuses entirely on the role that policies, laws and regulations can play in maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative effects of MNEs, starting with an examination of tensions over FDI and MNE activity, and continuing with issues related to policies to attract FDI, host and home country policies, corporate social responsibility, and the rise of international investment agreements. A debate about whether or not FDI contributes to economic growth and development, and policy issues related to this question, concludes the seminar. Students will be evaluated on the basis of ten two-page reaction papers to be prepared for classes and class-room participation. Interested students should send their cv and a statement of interest to karl.sauvant@law.columbia.edu.
 

Internship opportunity

Culture & Conversations on Africa – Strategy Intern
Timeframe: September 30, 2022—May 1, 2023 (flexible start and end date) 
Remuneration: Unpaid (subject to change once funding obtained) 
Time Commitment: 15-20 hours per week (open to discussion)
Location: Remote Work 
How to apply: Submit cover letter and CV to comms@candcafrica.com by 23 September 2022 
To read full description, click here.