ADS722 - Private Sector Development: Corporations, Social-Enterprise and Microfinance
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit explores a range of ‘private sector’ approaches to development. The ‘private sector’ is that part of the economy which is run by private individuals or groups, usually (but not always) as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the State.
Private sector approaches explored in this unit include:
- corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate philanthropy
- social enterprise
- 'bottom of the pyramid' business
- inclusive business / shared value business
- microenterprise (including self-employed sole traders)
- microfinance for microenterprise/microentrepreneurs
This unit also considers NGO-government-corporate partnerships for development (such as public-private partnerships).
This unit will evaluate the scholarship and practice of each of these approaches to development, critically analysing them in the light of the known causes and drivers of poverty and inequality, the issues of entrenched disadvantage and structural barriers, and the principles/theories of development effectiveness and empowerment.
Unit Fee Information
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