PUB AFF 172Development and Its Governance
Public Affairs · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Exploration of how economics, institutions, and politics interact to constrain and shape development strategies—emphasizing tension between normative visions of good economic policy and good governance and practical challenge of identifying practical ways of fostering change in specific settings.
Focus on challenges of development in low- and middle-income settings, with exploration of governance challenges within U.S. Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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