Development, environment and societies: Thorough analysis [ LDVLP2160 ]

• Conceptualisation of sustainable development
• The strong and weak points of the World Development Report 2008, ‘Agriculture pour le développement
• Challenges of a ‘double Green Revolution’: is there a future for small-scale peasants in Sub-Saharan Africa?
• Analysis of environmental economics
• Articulation of the issues at stake in the domain of biodiversity
• Economic analysis of biodiversity
• Industrial ecology
• Land relations and legal pluralism
• Mineral resources and development
• GMO : potential and constraints in developing countries

The course will stimulate students to (1) understand the interaction between development and the environment within its societal and historical context; (2) study these interactions on the basis of comparative analysis and through case studies from different geographical regions.

The evaluation will be based upon two components: active participation in class and an individual written exam. The exam implies writing a paper that integrates the topics of at least two course sessions (one per lecturer). The paper has to be based upon the course contents and the scientific literature related to the chosen topic.

The course will draw from various scholarly papers, and will present lessons from specific research experiences.

The courses DVLP 2325 and/or DVLP 2335 provide a good backgroung to this course. Write an article (+/- 15 p.) Portfolio of readings