GDS 295-01 - Special Topic: African Livelihoods

4 credits (Spring)

Sub-Saharan Africa is the most important world region in terms of development efforts and experts have long recognized the need to understand the complex livelihood strategies of Africans in order to intervene effectively. This course will engage critically with the livelihood-development nexus as a way to understand the limitations of development logics and how livelihood strategies so often defy them.

Prerequisite: GDS 111 and second-year standing.
Instructor: Brottem