Global Development

About this course

Global development is the study of why standards of living, life expectancy, political freedom, and opportunity vary so dramatically across the world, and of what interventions, policies, and structural changes can make those distributions more just and more sustainable. It draws on economics, sociology, political science, geography, and history, using different disciplinary lenses to illuminate questions that are too complex to be seen fully from any single angle. Where development economics focuses primarily on growth and income, global development as a broader field also asks about power, colonialism, gender, ecology, and the contested meanings of development itself. At the University of Manchester, this three-year degree gives you a multidisciplinary education in the theory and practice of development. You will engage with debates about aid, trade, and investment; about the politics

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 44% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 11% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →

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