Why Bangladeshi Higher Educational Institutions Should Introduce Community Economic Development as a New Field of Study: Some Suggestions
- March 21, 2021
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Management
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue II, February 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Mohamed K Haq1, Saleh Md Arman2, Farzana Nazera3
1Ph.D. Student in Management, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia
Former Lecturer, Department of Management, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2MSc in Sustainable Development, Uppsala University
Researcher in Circular Economy and Community Economic Development
Assistant Professor (on leave), RP Shaha University, Bangladesh
3Ph.D. Student in Management, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia
Abstract: Community Economic Development (CED) is a popular field of study in the top North American universities. But, this field of study is completely absent in Bangladesh, even not a single course has been found in their course curricula based on their websites. Some courses are under development studies but those are insufficient compared to the required courses offered in foreign universities. Interestingly, CED approach is a countrywide approach practiced by NGOs, specialized bank and corporate houses of Bangladesh. CED approach is highly associated with sustainable development by fulfilling numerous goals successfully. The study aims at to develop urgency of the concerned stakeholders of the higher educational institutions of Bangladesh to design, implement and execute program and courses on CED in order to make the country sustainable and in doing so the paper showed CED professions in Bangladesh and in the world, which considered pragmatic in CED course at the university level. The study considered different CED study programs and courses offered by reputed universities of the world including reasons behind introducing the program in their course curriculum and expected benefits derived from the courses. The paper finally suggests ways of implementing it at the university level of Bangladesh. The study makes the concerned stakeholders aware about CED programs and courses for successful development, implementation and execution.
Keywords: Community Economic Development (CED), Sustainable Development, Course Design, University.
I. INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM BACKGROUND
The discipline of studying Community Economic Development (CED) is quite popular in Canada and there are numerous bachelors, master, diploma and professional certificate courses offered by many Canadian universities. Also, couple of US universities, including Harvard University, offers such courses. Many European universities offer separate Community Development and Economic Development courses. Same scenario observes in Asian and African Universities.
