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Level 6 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Development Institutions and Governance

THM605 · Tourism and International Development — Week 4 of 16

CourseTHM605
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Development Institutions and Governance

  1. Multilateral agencies including UN Tourism and the World Bank
  2. National tourism organisations
  3. Regional development banks
  4. Local municipal governance
  5. Lecture 44: World Bank
  6. The World Bank
  7. Public Governance: The World Bank Report on Privilege-Resistant Policy Making
  8. Sociology 185 - GLOBAL SOCIOLOGY - Lecture 5: Walden Bello - Global Financial Institutions

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Describe development institutions at the local, national and international level.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe development institutions at the local, national and international level.

Study materials

Videos

  • The World Bank · YouTube · Marginal Revolution University · 7 min · for registered students
  • Public Governance: The World Bank Report on Privilege-Resistant Policy Making · YouTube · INSEAD · 39 min · for registered students
  • Financing the Green Transition: what role for multilateral development banks? | LSE Online Event · YouTube · LSE · 90 min · for registered students
  • New world, new rules: what works for global governance | LSE Event · YouTube · LSE · 90 min · for registered students
  • Redesigning the World's Largest Development Programme: EU cohesion policy · YouTube · LSE · 88 min · for registered students
  • 12 UNWTO AWARDS FORUM - Public Policies and Governance Panel · YouTube · UN Tourism · 40 min · for registered students
  • Ministerial Segment – Implementing innovative policy and governance models for cultural tourism · YouTube · UN Tourism · 118 min · for registered students
  • Embedding Tourism Development Links with regional plans and strategies · YouTube · UN Tourism · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 5: How is tourism organized? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 115–129 · for registered students
  • OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024, ch. 1: Tourism Trends and Policies · PDF · Oecd, report; pp. 16–46 · for registered students
  • Government response to the de Bois Review of Destination Management Organisations (DCMS, 2022) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance · 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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