Instruction
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MANDATORY GRADED DISCUSSION FORUM 2: What is 'Development' about? Who
decides? Does it have an end? Case Study Reflections
DISCUSSION FORUM GUIDELINES
(a) Post your responses in the discussion forum to the 2 questions below by September 27, 2026,
11:55 pm:
(b) Then consider the views of one of your peers and make a posting in which you identify what
you found most interesting or thought provoking in their response. State if you agree or disagree
with any point offered in their post and explain why. OPEN RESPONSE WINDOW.
DISCUSSION FORUM PORTAL CLOSES OCTOBER 5, 2026.
Question 1: If countries are 'underdeveloped', should one take the US model of 'development' or
'progress' as the defining template for what attaining a ' state of development' should look like? If
not why? If yes, why?
Question 2: What does a transformational practice of development imply in the case
study below? Do they exceed the SDG goals?