8th week: Globalization and Human Development
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This week we will deal with the following questions:
> What does the global context of the digital age look like?
> What is human development to begin with?
> What is the global context of globalization in the digital age? |
This week's task consist of 3 activities:
1- Watch: come to lectures and watch the following online videos:
Slides8_Globalization_Hilbert.pdf Download Slides8_Globalization_Hilbert.pdf
ForNotes_Slides8_Globalization_Hilbert.pdf Download ForNotes_Slides8_Globalization_Hilbert.pdf
Global Perspectives (...and mythbusters):
8-1: Different Perspectives on a Globalized World (9:11)
8-2: When is access cheap enough to connect the world? (9:08)
8-3: Can we end global poverty by tomorrow? (11:17)
8-TED: "The Best Stats You've Ever Seen" by Hans Rosling (15:04)
8-4: Global left or right wing? (9:19)
8-5: USA Number 1! ...? (6:56)
Human Development:
8-6: What is Human Development? (21:25)
Global Context:
8-7:The World is Flat...? (7:38)
8-8: Global Context 1: historic (8:20)
8-9: Global Context 2: trade & industrialism (14:11)
8-10: Global Context 3: social mobility (7:02)
8-11: Global Context 4: global governance (18:54)
8-13: Aid & Philanthropy (11:41)
8-14:Global Flatteners & Unflatteners (5:26)
(total 2h 39 min)
2- Read the indicated Chapter excerpts / Overviews / Summaries of the following reports.
International Telecommunication Union ITU (2021), “Measuring digital development 2021”, (Website Links to an external site., interactive Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf Links to an external site.). Read: Facts and Figures (p. 1-20)
United Nations Development Programme UNDP (2019); " Human Development Report 2019", (Website Links to an external site.); (Full Report pdf Links to an external site.). Read: CHAPTER 6 "Technology's potential for divergence and convergence" (p. 199 - 208)
World Bank (2016), "Digital Dividend", (Website Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf Links to an external site.). Read: Overview 1st subsection: p. 2 - 5
United Nations DESA. (2018). Global e-Government Survey 2018. (Website Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf Links to an external site.). Read: Chapters 5.3.1-5.3.2 (p. 99-102). Full Report also here: E-Government Survey 2018.pdf Download E-Government Survey 2018.pdf
3- Contribute to the online forum:
- Discussion Forum (answer the question)
- Voluntary complementary:
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Millennium Development Goals: What We Met And Missed
Links to an external site. |
Amartya Sen interview Links to an external site. (6min) | |
| check out: UNDP: What is Human Development: http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev Links to an external site. | ||
