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Master in
Development
Evaluation
and
Management

Programme Content
The Master in Development Evaluation and
Management focuses on the efforts made
by a wide range of public and private actors
to promote development. It provides a solid
understanding of the past and present aid
policies of multilateral and bilateral donors,
also addressing the major aid modalities
and instruments deployed. The institutional
characteristics of the actors involved –
be they governments, community-based
organisations, international NGOs, bilateral or
multilateral donors – are analysed in order to
attain a better understanding of development
processes and outcomes. The main theoretical
perspective followed in this programme is that
development is best understood as a set of
interlocking collective action problems. The
Master programme offers methodological and
practical insight into development evaluation,
its relevance and challenges.

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Most of our students are engaged (or aspire
to become engaged) in development, whether
professionally and/or as researchers. The
Master programme will improve the capacity
of these students to assess the strengths and
weaknesses of the prevailing development
paradigms and the envisaged role of aid
and external actors in promoting change.
Students learn to appreciate the importance
of different institutional arenas, as well as
how they work and interact. They will become
familiar with multidisciplinary analytical tools
that will improve their capacity to analyse
interactions and enhance the conceptualisation,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
development policies and programmes.
The Master programme offers two tracks, each
with specific objectives and course packages
that are intended for a specific audience. The
first track is focused primarily on the macro level,
while the second focuses mainly on the micro
level.