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The SDG Index: Constructing the Dashboards

In this video, SDG Index Manager Guillaume Lafortune outlines the five assumptions and four methodological steps used to construct the SDG Index and Dashboards. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Environmental Planning, Management and the Politics of Change

This video is part of Module 7: How can the urban environment be protected and cities be made resilient? Learn how the government, the private sector, and other actors can support sustainable urban development. What are the challenges of urban politics and governance? This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable Development

The global ocean connects us all and provides our livelihoods, the oxygen we breathe, and transportation, among other things. The ocean is included in SDG 14. This course will try to provide a deeper understanding of the complex understanding of the ocean, environment, and climate system. Humans receive resources from the ocean, as well as risks. There will be weekly lectures on different topics, including the basic physics of ocean circulation, the ocean ecosystem, how the deep ocean works,…

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Corruption and Global Business

Good governance is a tenet of development, and when governments are corrupt, economic development and individual sense of well-being within the government's reach are harmed. Professor Jeffrey Sachs addresses the corruption of government today and these two phenomena in this chapter. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Water Sector (STWI)

In this case study, Emilio Guzman shares some insights and thoughts about corporate social responsibility and sustainability being integrated in a business partnerships and collaborating together with the private sector to move the sustainability agenda together. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Democratization and Political Participation: The Situation Room

In this chapter, Elizabeth Prügl discusses an initiative that has proliferated in Africa called the Women’s Situation Room. It responds to election violence associated with the process of transition to democracy. It is an ensemble of activities that women engage in, called the three M’s—Mobilization, Monitoring, and Mediating—to ensure that elections are free, fair, and free of violence. This method ensure that a broad swath of the population participates in the…

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Apartheid and Planning in South African Cities

This video is part of Module 5: How can we improve human development in cities? Effective urban planning is needed to address many urban development challenges in African cities. Especially in this era of urbanization, climate change and increasing urban poverty. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Responding to Crisis: Mediating for Peace

In this chapter, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini talks about inclusive peacemaking and conflict-prevention for the 21st century. Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been experiencing internal conflict where identity is used as a way of manipulating people and the frontlines are in villages and in homes. Peace-building must engage cross-sections of the community, especially women. A more inclusive process holds parties accountable and makes sure that the interests of society are addressed and…

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Les sciences sociales de la finance (The social sciences of finance)

Cet entretien avec la professeure Isabelle Chambost (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, France) et la professeure Yamina Tadjeddine (Université de Lorraine, France) utilise les outils des sciences sociales pour déconstruire la théorie financière et comprendre son impact sur l'économie. Il répond aux questions suivantes : -La recherche du profit a-t-elle toujours été considérée comme vertueuse ? -Comment…