MASTER’S IN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

The challenges of poverty, population, health, conservation, and human rights around the world are interconnected, requiring sustained and comprehensive interventions. Recognizing the need for a new approach, MacArthur is supporting the first global initiative to provide rigorous, cross-disciplinary professional training for future leaders in sustainable development.

AT A GLANCE

• Since 2008, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded grants totaling $16 million to 20 insti- tutions of higher learning in 15 countries to create new, graduate Master’s in Development Practice programs, with the long-term goal of establishing a new field of development practice.

• The new, two-year Master’s in Development Practice programs provide graduate-level students with the core skills and knowledge required of a development practitioner to engage with specialists across multiple fields.

• The creation of these programs is an acknowledgement that addressing extreme poverty and sustainable development throughout the world requires expert knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation March 2011 Master’s in Development Practice

ABOUT THE INITIATIVE The creation of MDP programs is an MASTER’S IN DEVELOPMENT Extreme poverty in much of the world ac­knowledgement that addressing extreme PRACTICE PROGRAMS is rooted in a complex set of causes, poverty and sustainable development including poor agricultural productivity, throughout the world requires expert Global MDP Network Secretariat the stress of climate change, the burden knowledge and an interdisciplinary Lucia Rodriguez of tropical disease, and the absence of approach. By broadening students’ Director basic infrastructure, such as roads and training they will be able to more effectively [email protected] telecommunications. A major obstacle understand and address the interwoven www.globalmdp.org to addressing these challenges is the root causes of extreme poverty and the lack of generalist professionals trained challenges of sustainable development. across the fields of public health, Africa Region agronomy, engineering, economics, and The Global MDP Secretariat at Columbia University of Botswana environ­mental science who have the University provides assistance to univer­ Gaborone, Botswana subject matter expertise and regional sities seeking to establish MDP programs, Dr. Uli Schmitt knowledge to address them. and also helps to develop the program’s Director, Master’s in Development Practice curriculum, case studies, and standards; Email: [email protected] In 2008, the MacArthur Foundation maintain an open-source, virtual library launched a $16 million global initiative to for curricula and other course-related University of Cheikh support the creation of new, graduate- resources for the programs; organize Anta Diop, UCAD level training programs at universities meetings and workshops for MDP uni­ver- Dakar, Senegal around the world, with the long-term goal sities; support an online “Global Class- Dr. Aly Mbaye of establishing a new field of development room” on sustainable development Director, Master’s in Development Practice practice. Since then, the Foundation has practice; and strengthen the Global Email: [email protected] awarded 20 grants to 20 institutions of Network of MDP universities. More infor- higher learning in 15 countries worldwide mation about the Network is available to create new Master’s in Development at www.globalmdp.org. * MDP Programs launched without MacArthur support. Practice (MDP) programs. MacArthur has also helped create a Secretariat at Columbia University in New York to serve as the nexus for the Global Network of MDP programs. Three additional programs are part of the global network but did not receive support from MacArthur.

The new, two-year Master’s in Develop­ ment Practice programs provide graduate- level students with the core skills and knowledge required of a development practitioner to engage with specialists across multiple fields. The degree is built on rigorous, cross-disciplinary coursework in four main areas: health sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and management, supplemented by two summers of field training, as recommended by the MacArthur-supported International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation page 2 University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria Dr. Labode Popoola Director, Center for Sustainable Development Coordinator, Master’s in Development Practice Email: [email protected] http://www.ui.edu.ng/

Asia and Pacific Region BRAC Development Institute, BRAC University Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr. Syed Hashemi Director, Master’s in Development Practice Email: [email protected] www.bracdevelopmentinstitute.org/

James Cook University Cairns and Townsville, Australia Dr. Jeff Sayer University of Peradeniya Universidade Federal Rural Director, Master’s in Development Practice Peradeniya, Sri Lanka do Rio de Janeiro, UFRRJ Email: [email protected] Dr. Dileni Gunewardena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Project Coordinator, Masters in Dr. Rodrigo Medeiros TERI University Development Practice Coordinator, Master’s in Development New Delhi, India Email: [email protected] Practice Dr. Mala N. Reddy Email: [email protected] Program Coordinator, Master’s in Sustainable Development Practice Latin America Region Email: [email protected] Tropical Agricultural Europe and North America Region http://teriuniversity.ac.in Research and Higher Education Columbia University Center (CATIE) New York, New York Tsinghua University Turrialba, Costa Rica Dr. Glenn Denning Beijing, China Dr. Alejandro Imbach Director, Master’s in Development Practice Dr. Zhang Yanbing Director, Master’s in Development Practice Email: [email protected] Director, Master’s in Development Practice Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Emory University Universidad de los Andes Atlanta, Georgia University of Malaya* Bogotá, Colombia Dr. David Nugent Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Diana Gaviria Director, Master’s in Development Practice Dr. Sulo Nair Coordinator, Master’s in Development Email: [email protected] Director, Master’s in Development Practice Practice http://web.gs.emory.edu/mdp Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

The Foundation is no longer accepting proposals related to Master’s in Development Practice programs.

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Institute of Political Sciences University of California, Davis University of Minnesota* (Sciences Po) Davis, California Minneapolis, Minnesota Paris, France Dr. Wendy (Gwynn) Laird Benner Chavanne L. Peercy Hélène Thiollet Director, Master’s in Development Practice Coordinator, Master’s in Development Program Manager, Master’s in Email: [email protected] Practice Development Practice http://cdp.ucdavis.edu/ Email: [email protected] [email protected] http://www.hhh.umn.edu/degrees/mdp/ University of Denver* index.html Trinity College Dublin and Denver, Colorado University College Dublin Dr. Dan Wessner University of Waterloo Dublin, Ireland Director, Master’s in Development Practice Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Dr. Padraig Carmody Email: [email protected] Dr. Larry Swatuk Director, Master’s in Development Practice www.du.edu/korbel/mdp Director, Master’s in Development Practice Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/ University of Florida postgraduate/dev-pract/dev-pract.php Gainesville, Florida University of Winnipeg Sheila Onzere Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of California, Berkeley Academic Program Coordinator, Dr. Julie Pelletier Berkeley, California Master’s in Development Practice Director, Master’s in Development Practice Dr. David Zilberman Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Director, Master’s in Development Practice http://www.africa.ufl.edu/mdp/home.html Email: [email protected] http://mdp.berkeley.edu/

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