Students at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) can now apply for a two-year degree program that focuses on the developing countries of the world.
A group of 59 students at KSG have just begun their second semester in the first year of the new plan of study--a master in public administration/international development (MPA/ID).
Students take a look at diverse issues facing the developing world from public health to law, which all affect the economy of the nations.
"The degree program trains people to become practitioners in international development," says Jeffrey D. Sachs '76, Stone professor of international trade at KSG and co-chair of the MPA/ID degree program.
Adding a new degree program is not an everyday occurrence at KSG, according to Carol J. Finney, program director of the MPA/ID degree program.
According to officials at the school it has been at least 25 years since KSG added a new degree program. But the new offering is an extension of a two-year master in public administration (MPA2) that has been offered since the school's founding.
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