Course Title: Human and Sustainable Development
Course Code: RDS 761
Nature of the Course: Theory Period per Week: 3
Year: Second Time per Period: 1 hour
Semester: Second Total Period: 48
Level: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Course objectives
The course offers an overview of the composite indicators used in development research. It will address some reliability tests with example of Likert scaling in social research. By the end of the course students should understand human and sustainable development, and governance indicators, and their applicability in development in different contexts. This course will thus equip students with basic capacities to apply research on social indicators and quality of life to real world problems.
Course Outlines LH
Unit I: Composite Indicators 9
- Issues of Composite Indicators
- Steps for Constructing a Composite Indicator
- Cronbach Alpha and Guttmann Scaling
- Likert Scaling
Unit II: Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research 12
- Development and Evolution
- Issues of Quality of Life and Social Indicators
- Happiness Index
- Health Wellbeing
- Consumer Wellbeing
III. Human and Sustainable Development Index 15
- Theoretical Concept of Human and Sustainable Development
- Methodologies of Human and Sustainable Development Indexes
- Theoretical Concept of Multidimensional Poverty
- Methodology of Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Nepal Human and Sustainable & Multidimensional Poverty indexes
Unit IV: Governance Indicators 12
- Theoretical Concept of Governance
- Methodology of Governance Indicators
- Methodology of Corruption Perception Index
- Nepal Governance and Corruption Perception Indexes
References
Anand, S. and A. Sen (1994). Human development index: Methodology and measurement. New York: UNDP
Bertelsmann Transformation Index (https://www.bti-project.org/en/home/)
Governance (http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/)
https://www.npc.gov.np/en/category/nepal_human_development_reports
https://www.transparency.org/cpi2019
International Country Risk Guide (https://www.prsgroup.com/explore-our-products/international-country-risk-guide/)
Lafortune, G., G. Fuller, J. Moreno, G. Schmidt-Traub, C. Kroll (2018). SDG Index and dashboards detailed methodological paper. https://www.sdgindex.org/
Land, Kenneth C., A. C. Michaols and M. J. Sirgy (ed.) (2019). Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research. London: Springer
Nachmais, C. F. and D. Nachmais (1996). Research methods in the social sciences. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
National Planning Commission (NPC) (2014). Nepal Human Development Report. Kathmandu: NPC
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2008). Handbook of constructing composite indicators: Methodology and user guide. OECD: JRC European Commission,
Quality of Government Institute (https://qog.pol.gu.se/)
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Subedi, P.K. (2014). Social Research Method. Kathmandu: Kirti Publications
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2018). Human Development Report 2010. New York: UNDP
Varieties of Democracy (https://www.v-dem.net/en/)