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Edition 01: 07 November, 2009

 

01. E-course : Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev)

 

Quarter 1.

 

 

SECTION A : DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.

 

 

Study value : 04 points out of 18.

Indicative study time: 112 hours out of 504.

 

Study points are awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development Problems has been passed.

 


 

First block : Poverty and quality of life.

 

Section 1. Analysis of the causes of poverty.

Section 2. Services needed for a good quality of life.


Second block:  The problems to be solved.

 

Section 1: Analysis of the Millennium Goals.

Section 2: Link the Millennium Goals with the services set out in Section 2 of Block 1.

 


Consolidated exam on Section A : The problems to be solved. [6 hours per attempt]

 

Student identification.

 

 Student name:

 Student code:

  

 Place :

 Date :

 To tutor [name]

 

 E-mail :                                               

 

 

Congratulations !

 

You have passed you exam on Block 2 of your studies.

 

You have applied to sit the consolidated exam for Section A  «Development problems » of the course : first attempt.

 

Your application has been accepted.

 

Here is your exam : first attempt.

 

Preliminary notes.

 

01. You have accepted that the 4 study points for Section A of the course be finally awarded to you only upon your passing this consolidated exam on

Section A : The problems to be solved.

 

02. The exam questions cover several of the aspects of  Section A : The problems to be solved  that you have studied, but not all of them.

 

03. This consolidated exam contains 10 questions.  Each question requires a written answer of at least one page A4  ( minimum 500 words) and a maximum of two pages A4 (maximum 1000 words).

 

04. You must answer all the questions.

 

05. You are free to consult course material including your notes and reports and, where applicable, cited texts, within the period of time allowed by your tutor.

 

06. No attempt is made to complicate students’ lives. The questions asked are not «difficult ». The information needed to reply to them is available to you.

 

07. Each question is marked on the basis of 10 points for a total of 100 points.  Your result out of 100 is divided by 10. You must obtain an average of at least  7 points.

 

08. The purposes of the course for the Diploma in Integrated Development is to help students obtain their diplomas. Should you fail your exam at this first attempt, your tutor will advise you of the weaknesses in your work and will make suggestions on how to review your work. Once you have carried out the suggested revision, you have the right to sit a second (different) exam.

 

09. In case of problems, contact your tutor, who is there to serve you.

 

10. You have declared you are aware that the contents of all exam papers may be subsequently used for other students, and that they are therefore strictly confidential. You have promised  not to pass to other students details of the exam papers and/or of your exam texts until they have been formally  published by Stichting Bakens Verzet.

                                                  

11. Once you have passed this Section B exam, you will receive confirmation of the award of  six study points, after which you can proceed with your studies under Block 3: The Model.

 

E-mail your exam texts to your tutor within the time period conceded.

 

The exam.

 

(Exam : 10 questions each requiring a reply of at least one page A4  (minimum 500 words) and a maximum of two pages A4 (maximum 1000 words). Do not write more than 1000 words for any question. The part in excess of two pages will be ignored in the evaluation of your answer.

Be as brief as possible. Try to reach the heart of each subject.

 

   (10 questions)

 



Main index  for the Diploma in Integrated  Development  (Dip. Int. Dev.)

 List of key words.

 List of references.

  Course chart.

 Technical aspects.


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"Money is not the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them."

Gesell, Silvio, The Natural Economic Order, revised English edition, Peter Owen, London 1958, page 228.

 

“Poverty is created scarcity”

Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th annual NGO Conference, United Nations, New York 7th September 2005.

 


 

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