Online Learning: “The Science of Well-Being”

Have you been feeling a little “off” with all the upheaval? If you have time on your hands, you might want to check out this course, to learn a little more about the science behind well-being. The course is free, and is estimated to take about 18 hours to complete.

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Online Course: Development Economics

This course in Development Economics from Marginal Revolution surveys most of the major topics in development, including the following: Geography and Development; Food and Agricultural Productivity; Water Economics; Economic Growth; Bottlenecks, Linkages and Intermediate Goods; Productivity of Firms; Trade; Property Rights; Corruption; Foreign Aid; Finance, Growth, and the Poor; Poverty and Behavior; Health; Education; Politics, Democracy, and War; Migration; and Population and Environment.

You can take the whole course, or just watch the lectures that interest you.

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Training in: Monitoring and Evaluation

World Bank Health Projects Monitoring and Evaluation Style: Face-to-face (in Washington, DC), 5-day course Dates: Nov 6 – 12, 2019  Focus: Crash course in the monitoring and evaluation of projects in health, nutrition and population. Frequency: Annually Click here to check out the course

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Online Training: Waste Disposal and Sanitation

Planning and Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies Style: MOOC, enrollment whenever, five weeks, 16-17 hours Focus: Introduces integrated sanitation planning, both on a citywide scale and for specific contexts such as informal settlements. Covers different sanitation planning frameworks, as well as different systems and technologies relevant along the sanitation value chain. Includes why systems-thinking…

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