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MPhil in Development FinanceA Unique Finance Degree for Emerging Economies
DURATION OF DEGREE
THESIS
OVERVIEW
RATIONALE FOR THE DEGREE
MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), in partnership with Africagrowth Institute (AGI), is presenting a Master of Philosophy Degree in Development Finance. The degree will be delivered at the GSB.
Most universities around the world offer degrees in key business disciplines including accounting, engineering, medicine and economics. Unlike these disciplines, the professional discipline of development finance is still in its infancy. This is worrying considering that development finance provides vital support structures in financial management applications within governments, private sector institutions, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and wider emerging markets.
Development finance, as a professional discipline, is widely practiced in major development finance institutions including development banks, the World Bank, the IMF, the UN organs, regional and other country-specific development finance institutions, public and private sector institutions, other financial and non-financial organisations, international foundations and NGOs. All central governments around the world frequently use development finance, as a professional discipline, for the design and implementation of development policies. Despite the importance of the subject, there is only one African university which provides a postgraduate degree in development finance. This degree programme in development finance aims to ensure that Africa produces enough development finance experts to meet the development needs of the continent.
• Four-year degree or Honours degree in Economics, Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or other finance related degrees or;
• Four-year or Honours degree in other non-finance related discipline with at least three years work experience in finance related work.
• The degree is offered as a two-year part-time (modular) programme.
Each student will be required to write a thesis in one of the following formats:• Writing and analyzing a work-related
case study; • Writing an essay-type scientific report
which delves deeply into a particular issue of interest to the student;
• Writing of a journal article related to one or more of the modules on the degree programme.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
COURSE OUTLINE
COMPULSORY RESEARCH REPORT
CONTACT US
• Development Finance Practitioners• Civil Servants• Staff of Development Finance Institutions• Staff of Other Financial Institutions• Entrepreneurs• Staff of NGOs• Staff in the Private Sector
1. Tuition fees: R85 000 for local South African students2. Tuition fees: R95 000 for international students
The application deadline is 30 September 2010
Core Courses:• Micro-Enterprise Finance• Project Finance• International Finance for Development• Quantitative Methods in Development Finance• Issues in Development Finance• Responsible Investment• Public Sector Finance• Financial Risk Management• Research Methods (non-credit)
Electives:Students will be required to take any two electives from the following list:• Sovereign Debt Management• WTO and Trade Negotiations• Global Financial Architecture• Financial Services Regulation• International Trade Policies• Corporate Finance and Investment• Financial Risk Management
Students must write and submit a research report on a suitable topic to round off the degree.
For more information on the programme, contact one of the following:
Professor Nicholas BiekpePresident: Africagrowth InstituteCape Town, South AfricaTel: +27 21 914 6778Fax: +27 21 914 [email protected] [email protected]
GSB AdmissionsPat BoultonTel: +27 21 406 [email protected] de VilliersTel: +27 21 406 [email protected]
COST OF PROGRAMME