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This course provides a basic introduction to the concepts and methods behind M4P, an approach to understanding and overcoming the failure of systems to serve the needs of the poor. Contrary to traditional project approaches, in which implementing agencies provide or support services that go directly to the poor, an agency applying M4P acts as …

Although there has been considerable progress in reducing poverty over the last decades, a world free of extreme poverty, as proclaimed by SDG 1, is still far from reach. Around 10% of the global population still lives at or below the $1.90 poverty line. How can we make more progress? The aim of the course …

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent the fastest and deepest technical change experienced in international development. By now, they affect every development sector – the work of farmers and microentrepreneurs, healthcare workers and microfinance institutions, social mobilization and political change. Yet, the “digital dividends” are unevenly distributed and questions of “data justice” in development are …

With development cooperation increasingly active in fragile con-​texts, practitioners are exposed to conflicts and mediation efforts in the areas where they work. To understand the dynamics and ways for development cooperation actors to improve collaboration with local and international third parties designing and guiding negotiation and mediation processes, practitioners need a better understanding of how …

The course enables participants to plan, accompany and appraise evaluation processes effectively and efficiently. It deals with different types of evaluations within the framework of development cooperation. Participants acquire the knowledge and skills to appropriately apply various methods for analyzing processes and results of development projects and programmes. The use of evaluation results in the …

Ensuring food security and healthy nutrition for a growing population whilst respecting the earth’s planetary boundaries and coping with disasters such as COVID-​19 is an urgent and complex challenge. Yet even before the pandemic, chronic hunger and food-​related ill-​health was trending upward. How can we explain the paradox of people going hungry in a world …

The course introduces results-​oriented planning and monitoring of projects in development cooperation. Participants work through the various steps and analyses in planning, including problems, objectives and roles of stakeholders during context analysis. Participants learn how to design and implement a results-​oriented monitoring system, focusing on outcome monitoring and corresponding project reporting and steering. By using …

Behaviour change lies at the heart of many sustainable development interventions. Over the last 20 years, great strides have been made in understanding how people decide on the best choices for them, and what makes them act on their decisions. Integrating this knowledge into the design of policies has proven immensely effective. At the same …

The landscape of development co-​operation has shifted dramatically in the past two decades, with many more players and very different dynamics between providers and recipients. The goal of this course is to consider what this means for development professionals. Providers of development cooperation now include not just donor agencies from wealthy nations, but also emerging …

Economic inequalities between men and women persist in many countries. For example, in many countries, men earn more money and are more likely to own land and control productive assets than women. This course on gender and economics is intended to provide basic-​ and intermediate-​level training to development practitioners and policy and programme staff in …