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The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable....

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LG

May 18, 2017

This course was perfect for those wanting to explore the world of development, broad enough to include all interlinked themes, with sufficient reading materials to spark one's specializing interests.

AA

Jun 1, 2020

Very informative and detailed. Prof. Sachs covers all aspects of sustainable development in detail. Though the course was designed in 2013 hence does not cover the latest development to SDGs to date.

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By Jimmy v d H

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Dec 12, 2023

it was very nice, but it feels a bit dated with a few things. some website do not work anymore. and all the information is from around 2012/2013 so it feels a bit dated

By Ivana

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Sep 14, 2020

it was very interesting, I learned many new things and got insights into valuable information. It should be updated, though, because many links in quizzes do not work.

By Montserrat P

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Jan 18, 2016

Muy buen curso, entrega lo que ofrece y Jeffrey Sacks explica muy bien. El único problema son los quiz, traen links que no funcionan y hay respuestas que están mal.

By Samith R

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Jun 25, 2023

Amazing course on sustainability finance . prof sachs is just awesome . If you want to know how the united nations work and have set MDG and SDG just start here

By Mark A G

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Jan 18, 2016

A great overview of a very complicated topic. Dr. Sachs does a great job presenting the information in easily digestible bits but still keeps it interesting.

By Ankita D

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Jun 28, 2017

Great course but some of the content needs to be updated to include recent events since Environmental Science is such a fast-changing field at the moment.

By Catalina G

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Jun 1, 2022

Very interesting and eye opening. On the tests many numerical responses were not consistent with the date available and many of the links were broken.

By Emir A S R

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Oct 7, 2024

Excelente curso, solo que deben actualizar links de páginas que salen error y los Objetivos del milenio ya no son los mismos con los ODS actuales.

By Cynthia Z

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Aug 29, 2020

Good lectures, quizzes need to be updated with new links. Learned a lot from the professor, overall digital quizzes and exams had problems only.

By Martijn v B

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Dec 31, 2016

Very informative and interesting. The links to various sources in the tests are not up to date though and make it difficult to get a 100% score.

By Ridzki A S

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Feb 11, 2024

A great introduction course to development studies. Would be great if the materials could be updated to the current post COVID19 pandemic time.

By Larissa B

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Nov 7, 2016

Very good course! The only thing that i must criticise is that in many weekly tests there are mistakes. This can get a little bit frustrating

By Hannah N

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Apr 1, 2018

Really thorough overview of some of the most pressing issues facing the world, the need to act fast, and some potential courses of action.

By Susanne F

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Jan 5, 2018

Very interesting and motivating course. I liked the way data was incorporated although unfortunately some links to statistics did not work

By Leticia d B

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Feb 14, 2016

Very Interesting and helpful. It's a way to open our mind and definitely something that everyone should know about before it is too late.

By Laura G

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Aug 20, 2015

In this course there is a lot of valuable information, well prepared lessons and readings. I would try to make quizzes more complicated.

By Richard J

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May 28, 2017

Unfortunately, I am missing more normative approach, advises in sense of reduced individual consumption in terms of food and traveling.

By Gan K H

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Sep 11, 2015

The content is good. The delivery of lectures can be more engaging, with aid of visuals to illustrate and emphasize important concepts.

By Cristian F S

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Sep 18, 2023

El curso es muy bueno e informativo, no obstante algunos quiz tienen problemas porque los enlaces no abren o son preguntas ambiguas.

By Thérèse G A

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Nov 6, 2016

I've really enjoyed this course and I enjoyed following the lectures. I feel a need to do something real a sustainable world.

By Syed O A

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Jul 4, 2020

Very informative course however some graphs,data and reference sites mentioned there are outdated and need to be updated.

By Rianne v d M

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Apr 10, 2020

Course and content are great, but it would need some updates, the data used in the exams is often not available anymore.

By Basit G

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Nov 12, 2017

Everything is Excellent. From quizzes to Lectures, everything is perfect. Just need the provision of course certificate.

By Norbert S

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Oct 6, 2016

Great course! Significant issues covered and well presented. Data errors in the quizzes make it less charming however.

By Ieva

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Sep 25, 2023

Links to charts/graphs need to be renewed as some don't work any longer and makes it difficult to complete quizzes.