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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....

Top reviews

OA

Jun 8, 2023

Some statistics needs to be updated based on latest data, Links to the assignments are not working or not updated to the new link and needs to be aligned but overall the course is highly recommended!

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.

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By Hassan I

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Oct 1, 2023

full of great information, after completing the course there is no option for downloading the certificate !, even those it says that there is a certificate when completing the course.

By Clara B

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May 29, 2020

Great course, very interesting content and amazing Professor. However there are some issues with the quizzes due to a lack of update of the course, which can be frustrating at times.

By Jesse C

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Oct 11, 2017

Sachs was an entertaining professor and the lectures where informative. He really does illustrate and discuss the different factors that may effect an area's development process.

By Monica S

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Nov 8, 2015

Very interesting and demanding course, however is very long (14 weeks) in comparison to other online courses and due to its length it should provide a certificate of completion.

By Christian T

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Jun 16, 2020

Al ser un curso hecho el 2012 hay muchos cuadros y consultas del examen que ya no están disponibles en internet, pero aún así la información es valiosa y es posible terminarlo.

By Béatrice N

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May 3, 2020

Very interesting course, it gives a global overview of the topic. Unfortunately the tests are often outdated and refer to graphs that do not exist anymore... very frustrating!

By Alexander P

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Jan 6, 2025

Obviously this would need some updating- many of the sources needed for the exams don't exist anymore. Apart of that, I had a great time learning with Dr. Sachs, thank you!

By michael a

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Jan 21, 2018

Text book and videos were great...quizzes were a little behind in that the links were often no longer connected so you are left to guess when the link holds the specific an

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.