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As above, so below: An introduction to soils, ecosystems and livelihoods in the Tropics
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Soils form the foundation of sustainable development. They grow our food, fiber and fuel, are a habitat for organisms, buffer and purify water and safeguard archaeological legacies. It is therefore of vital importance to understand how soil properties vary across...
Offered through edX | and created by KULeuvenX, KU Leuven | Taught by Karen Vancampenhout, Seppe Deckers, Stephan Mantel
Sustainable Business Models in Microfinance
Cost $149 · . Course Length: 15 hours estimated
Comprehend the ecosystem of microfinance, understand its impact on inclusive growth, and learn to identify sustainable business models financing Micro Enterprises and Livelihood Activities. Microfinance interventions are well recognized as an effective tool for...
Offered through edX | and created by State Bank of India | Taught by Karuna Yarasi, Swarnalatha Ramakrishnan, Prasada Rao G.E.V. and others
eLearning Course for Digital Skills for ICT Entrepreneurs in FCV Countries
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Scale the scope and reach of the reformulated/restructured platform to ICT Entrepreneurs in developing and FCV countries for digital skills and business know-how development. Allow start-ups to innovate, increase market share, improve quality of service/product...
Offered through edX | and created by World Bank Group | Taught by Samia M Melhem, Seda Pahlavooni, Youngyun (Susie) Lee and others
Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
This MOOC prepares students that want to analyse trade and investment policies of developing countries and emerging markets. We couch you for the task of giving evidence-based policy. For students interested in policy advise the course brings a sound...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Erasmus University Rotterdam | Taught by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Ksenia Anisimova, Binyam Afewerk Demena
Globalization's Winners and Losers: Challenges for Developed and Developing Countries
Rated 4.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $50 · . Course Length: 28 hours estimated
Who are the winners and losers of globalization? What should be done to improve outcomes for all? This course will examine how the spread of trade, investment, and technology across borders affects firms, workers, and communities in developed and developing...
Offered through edX | and created by Georgetown University, GeorgetownX | Taught by Theodore H. Moran, John Kline, Lindsay Oldenski and others
The Meat We Eat
Rated 4.4★ stars based on | 13 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 32 hours estimated
The Meat We Eat is a course designed to create a more informed consumer about the quality, safety, healthfulness and sustainability of muscle foods and address current issues in animal agriculture in developed and developing countries.
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Florida | Taught by Chad Carr, Ph.D.
The Korean Economic Development
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 43 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
You will review the evolution of the Korean economy decade by decade since Korea’s independence from Japan in 1945. Major policies of each decade will be explained and their effect on the Korean economy will be analyzed. Also, the backgrounds and limitations of...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Yonsei University | Taught by Doo Won Lee
Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-412) Configure Active Directory
MCSA: Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-410, 70-411, and 70-412)Cost $35 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
Prepare yourself for the Microsoft MCSA 70-412 exam. In this course you'll learn how to implement multi-domain forests and domains; upgrade domains and forests; configure multiple UPN suffixes; configure external, forest, shortcut, and realm trusts; configure...
Offered through Pluralsight | Taught by Greg Shields
Disaster Risk Management and Korean Policies
Rated 4.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
In the past, developing countries such as Korea lacked guidelines for exploring effective policies for disaster-resilient growth, resulting in unnecessary sacrifices in terms of time, resources, and human capital. Through the lessons learned by Korea, currently...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Yonsei University | Taught by Sohn, Hong-Gyoo
Neural Networks and Random Forests
AI for Scientific ResearchCost $49 · . Course Length: 14 hours estimated
In this course, we will build on our knowledge of basic models and explore advanced AI techniques. We’ll start with a deep dive into neural networks, building our knowledge from the ground up by examining the structure and properties. Then we’ll code some simple...
Offered through Coursera | and created by LearnQuest | Taught by Rajvir Dua, Neelesh Tiruviluamala
Economic systems in different countries of the world
A Specialization from Coursera. Contains 3 courses · . Course Total length: 72 hours estimated
Specialisation provides all-inclusive information about most important countries in the world. It covers the peculiarities of the leaders among countries in the world, the future leaders, and even the youngest countries. The specialization consists of 3 courses,...
Offered through Coursera | and created by National Research Tomsk State University, Financial University | Taught by Минчичова Валерия Сергеевна
Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 3 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 32 hours estimated
Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2 is our second MOOC in a two-part sequence, and looks at ‘Developing Effective Interventions’. Here we invite you to develop analytical skills and deep understanding about a complex, controversial...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Manchester | Taught by Dr Duncan Thomas, Prof Dale Whittington
Ecological and Energy Transitions in Southern Countries
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 28 hours estimated
The Agence Française de Développement and the Ecole normale supérieure are launching the fourth edition of the MOOC “Ecological and Energy Transitions in Southern Countries". This edition will be launched simultaneously in 4 languages: · In english :...
Offered through Coursera | and created by École normale supérieure | Taught by Gael Giraud, Alain Grandjean, the late David Claessen
Entrepreneurial Land Redevelopment Approach: Land Readjustment
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
This course examines and presents processes of designing and implementing land readjustment for urban development in the context of developing countries. The conventional approaches to land assembly for city expansion and renewal are often conflict-ridden. Land...
Offered through edX | and created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITx | Taught by Dr. Yu Hung Hong, Yu Hung Hong
Ethical Decision-Making: Cultural and Environmental Impact
Ethical Decision-Making for Global ManagersCost $139 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
International corporations can trigger significant cultural shifts and environmental impacts. For example, when foreign corporations set up large mineral extraction operations in developing countries, both culture and environment are altered. Ethical concerns...
Offered through edX | and created by GeorgetownX, Georgetown University | Taught by John Kline
A New Policy Approach for Sustainable Mobility
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 8 hours estimated
Hyper-digitalization of large segments of the world economy is transforming the way we communicate, learn, relate to one another, connect, and move. Our world is rapidly changing; with an abundance of new opportunities, come new risks and vulnerabilities that must...
Offered through edX | and created by World Bank Group | Taught by OLC and ENB
Developing economies of Latin America, Eurasia and Africa
Economic systems in different countries of the worldCost $50 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
This course concerns mainly not developed countries of the world but still very promising. And we will start in the first module with studying the Latin American economies. And those are the biggest and the most promising Brazil or Argentina. We will try to...
Offered through Coursera | and created by National Research Tomsk State University, Financial University | Taught by Минчичова Валерия Сергеевна
Predict Employee Turnover with scikit-learn
Cost $9 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
Welcome to this project-based course on Predicting Employee Turnover with Decision Trees and Random Forests using scikit-learn. In this project, you will use Python and scikit-learn to grow decision trees and random forests, and apply them to an important business...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Rhyme, Coursera Project Network | Taught by Snehan Kekre
Road safety in the Caribbean region: safe urban mobility
Cost $10 · . Course Length: 8 hours estimated
Do you know that in most of the Latin America and the Caribbean countries, more than half of the road traffic fatalities are “vulnerable users”? Studies have shown that most of the world’s traffic deaths and injuries occur in low- and middle-income countries—and...
Offered through edX | and created by Inter-American Development Bank | Taught by Marisela Ponce de León, Ana María Pinto, Eduardo Café and others
Planning with Climate Change in Mind
Exploring Our Responses to Climate ChangeCost $49 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
This course focuses on the climate impacts occurring and expected to occur across the United States. Our approach will be regional and sectoral, with consideration of impacts on water resources, transportation, energy, agriculture, forests, health, and...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Colorado Boulder | Taught by Joseph Casola