MRS/XDVA Development Assistance

Lecturer: Pavel Nováček
Lecture: 2 hours/week + exercise 1 hour/week
Credits: 6
Winter semester
Form of course completion: course credit, exam

The course analyzes basic concepts in development cooperation with a major focus on current debates. Second part analyzes the development assistance of selected bilateral donors from the recipient perspective, and focuses on issues such as donor harmonization, coordination and complementarity. Furthermore, the course provides an in depth analysis of development assistance of the re-emerging donors of the Visegrad Group. The complexity of multilateral development assistance is illustrated on case of the European Union. The course also analyzes problems of aid effectiveness and discusses new approaches and institutions designed to improve aid. The last part critically assesses the role of NGOs and civil society in development cooperation.