GCRI · Economic Development
Learning and professional development
Learning paths of Economic Development in economic development and development finance, built on the methods of the STEM Commons and linked to recognised providers.
The workspace for learning and professional development.
Community workspace
Economic development · Learning and professional · Example interface, not a record
Working groups
| Inclusion WG | 39 | 9 | Week 2 | Chair needed |
| Fiscal risk WG | 36 | 7 | Week 2 | Active |
| Regional development WG | 13 | 4 | Week 18 | Chair needed |
| Macro modelling WG | 26 | 11 | Week 34 | Active |
Join requests
- J-1Hydrologist, early careerInclusion WG3 d
- J-2Utility engineerFiscal risk WG1 d
- J-3Conflict of interest to declareRegional development WG2 d
Contributions
Economic Development · Community workspace. Community workspace: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
Start from the methods.
Each method links to its canonical page, which lists teaching material as it is published.
A learning path through development risk.
| Module | Builds on | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Economics of development | Economics and development economics | Foundation |
| Econometrics | Econometrics | Intermediate |
| Causal evaluation | Causal inference and impact evaluation | Intermediate |
| Economic networks | Network science and contagion | Advanced |
| Complex economies | Complex systems and agent-based modelling | Advanced |
How the process runs.
Process
Learning and professional development: Working group, charter to sunset
A working group is chartered by record for a fixed timebox, delivers bounded assignments, drafts and recommends, then dissolves unless renewed; it does not adopt.
01 Form
- 01NLC proposes the groupDecision · National Leadership CouncilThe NLC proposes working groups and nominates chairs, editors and experts from its leadership pools. It does not charter.
- 02Charter by recordDecision · National Standards CouncilA working group is chartered by record for a timebox of at most twenty-four months. The charter sets its scope, roles and decision rule.
- 03Members join by competenceStep · MembersExperts, practitioners, students and volunteers join by competence. Members declare interests and recuse on conflict.
02 Work
- 04Workplan from the national agendaStepAssignments come from the national agenda and the year’s missions. Each states the competence it needs and how the work will be reviewed.
- 05Drafts and deliverables, delivered monthlyRecordGroups deliver monthly. For standards they draft the national profile and deviation register and run national public comment and pilots.
03 Review
- 06Contribution record and reviewGateEach contribution is recorded and reviewed. A working group drafts and recommends; it does not adopt.
- 07Recognition follows the recordRecordContribution records are kept, so that recognition follows the record.
- 08National adoption is decided elsewhereDecision · National Standards CouncilThe National Standards Council decides the adoption mode and the national profile. The working group proposes and never decides.
04 Close
- 09Dissolved by default, or renewed by recordDecision · National Standards CouncilA group is dissolved by default at the end of the timebox. The National Standards Council renews or closes it, on the NLC’s proposal.
National Working Groups · National Standards Council · Decision rightsDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation. No working group is constituted. The charter rules belong to the proposed Nexus Standards working model.
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