Bahir Dar University

School of Law
Department of Governance and Development Studies
Program: BA Degree in Governance and Development Studies
Module Name Basic of Development

Module Number 07

Total CP of the module 34

Description of the module This module is aimed at equipping students with the necessary knowledge
in understanding the major contemporary development issues and the
nexus between gender, population, and environment in one side and
development in the other side. The module has intended to familiarize
issues and concepts related with natural resource management,
development finances, and quipping students with the necessary
knowledge and skill to formulate and able to manage development
projects. Parallelly, this module is aimed at equipping students with the
evolving understanding of development, major theories of development
evidence from different countries of the world. Moreover, it aims at
familiarizing students with unique nature and process of economic
development.

Objectives of the module The basic aims of the module are to:
 Exposes students with the very essence of development as well as
contending theories and concomitant development policies and
practices
 Presents the process of economic development and pivotal issues
 Enable students to comprehend the concepts and theories of
gender and development and their interplay;
 Familiarize students the effect and relation of population pressure,
environmental degradation and development and the vice versa;
 Familiarizing student with environment and natural resource
management and its implication on development
 Describe the concept, role, growth and sources of development
finance, and the role of government in the economy;
 Distinguish between public budget, public expenditure, public debt
and public revenue.
 Demonstrate practical knowledge in techniques of project planning
and management;

Module competence  Identify the meaning, measurement, core values and objectives of
development, and analyze contending views on development;
  Pin point the unique features of developing countries and obstacles
that hinder the achievement of economic development;
 Explore mainstream issues in development such as population,
education, inequality and poverty.
 Describe the concept of gender, development and their interaction;
 Discuss the cause-effect relationship between rapid population
growth, environmental degradation and development;
 Explore issues related with environment and natural resource
management and its implication on development
 Understand each phase of the project cycle and the key
components in project management
 Describe the concept, role, growth and sources of development
finance, and the role of government in the economy;
 Distinguish between public budget, public expenditure, public debt
and public revenue.
Module profile

Course Title with in the module Course Code Credit Credit

Hours Points

Development Theories and Practices GaDS 3071 3 5

Development Economics GaDS 3072 3 5
Gender and Development GaDS 3073 2 4
Population and Development GaDS 3074 3 5
Environment and Natural Resource Management GaDS 3075 3 5
Project Planning & Management GaDS 3076 3 5
Development Finance GaDS 4077 3 5
Total 20 34