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The Global Master's in Development Practice Programs Network

The Global  Master's in Development Practice (MDP) is a two-year degree providing graduate-level students with the skills and knowledge required to better identify and address the global challenges of sustainability development, such as poverty, population, health, conservation, climate change, and agricultural productivity.  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has committed over $15 million to create MDP programs at 20 universities worldwide over the next three years.  Following are 22 universities that will offer the MDP degree program this Fall 2010 or 2011. 

Emory James Cook
Trinity College Dublin Tsinghua University
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) University of Cheikh Anta Diop
University of Botswana University of California, Davis
University of Denver University of Florida University of Ibadan
University of Minnesota University of Peradeniya University of Waterloo

 

 

 

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MACARTHUR ANNOUNCES NEW MDP AWARDS TOTALING $5.6 MILLION

 

CATIE receives grant to create degree programs in sustainable development

 

UFRRJ to offer Master's in Development Practice

 

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2008 International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice REPORT
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2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice Report