Strategies of Combating Poverty

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Social Policy Seminars

Course Contents

More than a decade has passed since the declaration of the 2000 Millennium Development Goals. Poverty is still a hot issue that drives international and national policy debate. Following the Global Financial Crisis, the world has seen the unfolding sovereign debt crises in the Eurozone. Poverty reduction not only concerns (less) developing countries. Developed and developing countries alike share a sense of urgency in reducing poverty.

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction, Information about the course, Explanation of the assignment
2) The Concept and Types of Poverty
3) Poverty Perception and Poverty Approaches
4) poverty and human rights
5) perspective on poverty of International organizations
6) Poverty Measurement Methods
7) How Researchers Measure Poverty
8) Determination and evaluation of students' research topics
9) Introduction to poverty alleviation strategies
10) Micro-strategies in the alleviation of poverty
11) Macro-strategies in the alleviation of poverty
12) dimensions of poverty around the world
13) dimensions of poverty in Turkey
14) Dimensions of Poverty of Disadvantaged Groups
15) Current (Successful and Unsuccessful) Anti-Poverty Strategies
16) Student assignment presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Albert, Pauline, Werhane, Patricia, Rolph, Tim (Eds.), Global Poverty Alleviation: A Case Book, Springer, 2014

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Number	Percentage
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	3	30%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	1	70%
Total		100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required