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Level 6 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

The Global International Development Context

THM605 · Tourism and International Development — Week 3 of 16

CourseTHM605
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

The Global International Development Context

  1. Post-colonial economic structures
  2. Globalisation trends
  3. North-South geopolitical divides
  4. International trade flows
  5. Development and Trade: Empirical Evidence
  6. Globalization: Winners and losers in world trade (1/2) | DW Documentary
  7. The Insightful Leader Live: The Trends That Matter in the Global Economy
  8. In Pursuit of a More Human World Economy
  9. Sociology 185 - Lecture 9: Peter Evans on Counter-Hegemonic Globalization

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Describe the global international development context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 5 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the global international development context.

Study materials

Videos

  • Development and Trade: Empirical Evidence · YouTube · Marginal Revolution University · 15 min · for registered students
  • Globalization: Winners and losers in world trade (1/2) | DW Documentary · YouTube · DW Documentary · 42 min · for registered students
  • The Insightful Leader Live: The Trends That Matter in the Global Economy · YouTube · Kellogg School of Management · 60 min · for registered students
  • In Pursuit of a More Human World Economy · YouTube · TU Delft · 22 min · for registered students
  • “When Globalisation Gets Local: Winners and Losers” | LSE GILD (Full Version) · YouTube · LSE · 4 min · for registered students
  • What are Global Value Chains and why they matter for economic & regional development | LSE Research · YouTube · LSE · 4 min · for registered students
  • Launch of the World Trade Report · YouTube · World Trade Organization · 50 min · for registered students
  • Reinventing Global Value Chains: Winners & Losers in Emerging Markets · YouTube · eCornell · 68 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • World Development Report 2020: Trading for Development in the Age of GVCs (Overview) · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • World Trade Report 2023, Executive summary: re-globalization · PDF · Other, report; pp. 8–15 · for registered students
  • WTO Global Trade Outlook and Statistics, April 2025 · PDF · Other, report; 40 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories of International Development
  • Week 2: Categorisation and Status of Developing Nations
  • Week 3: The Global International Development Context
  • Week 4: Development Institutions and Governance
  • Week 5: Non-Governmental Organisations in Tourism Development
  • Week 6: Development Indicators and Measurement
  • Week 7: Evaluating Destination Development Status
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts in Emerging Destin…
  • Week 10: Tourism and the Sustainable Development Paradigm
  • Week 11: Aligning Tourism with International Development Goals
  • Week 12: Applying Tourism and International Development in practice:…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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