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The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable....

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LG

May 18, 2017

This course was perfect for those wanting to explore the world of development, broad enough to include all interlinked themes, with sufficient reading materials to spark one's specializing interests.

AA

Jun 1, 2020

Very informative and detailed. Prof. Sachs covers all aspects of sustainable development in detail. Though the course was designed in 2013 hence does not cover the latest development to SDGs to date.

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By Roy M

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Apr 10, 2020

Very interesting course overall, the material on the quizzes was a bit peculiar, mostly based on outside statistics that didn't require one to have actually watched the lecture and even sometimes had mistakes.

By Umaporn K

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Apr 11, 2017

I'm a plan and policy analyst. I got a lot of idea for policy planing by SDGs guideline and some indicator that make the following process more clearly. But a few link for quiz have not working, please update.

By Hanna R

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Jan 15, 2016

A great introduction to the subject of Sustainable Development!

Prof. Sachs talks very slowly which makes it very easy to follow and understand. I personally liked to watch the videos at a higher speed though.

By Katarína K

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Jan 13, 2020

The lectures are very interesting and fascinating, I really enjoyed watching them! However, the tests are outdated, many of the links in them do not exist anymore which makes it more difficult to pass them.

By Minal B

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Sep 30, 2020

Very good course with tremendous knowledge gaining experience. Should Have updated with time. I am also like to add coursera should provide certificate for this course as person spending 14 weeks on this.

By Dr. A U

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Jan 5, 2024

Course is good and very detailed. But it should be updated and the webpages referred to in exams and quizzes should be updated. A certificate may also be provided for completion of the course at the end.

By Antonella d R T L L

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Jun 15, 2023

Muchos de los enlaces necesarios para realizar los exámenes ya no existen o han cambiado su ubicación. Por favor colocar los nuevos enlaces para que los próximos estudiantes no tengan estas dificultades.

By Julie B

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Dec 5, 2018

Very interesting class.

Only one comment : it is becoming difficult to answer to questions. Indeed, they are referring to 2014 datas that are getting harder to get and links that can't be found anymore.

By Jessica B

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Jun 16, 2020

Great content and Dr Sachs a great lecturer. Some questions on tests need updating as websites used for course materials have more up-to-date data that is not always reflected in the questions.

By Steven A

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Feb 3, 2018

There is some great material in here (especially detailing the more hopeful aspects of sustainable development). The only bad part was that some of the links need updating in the quizzes.

By Laurel H

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Oct 17, 2017

Very informative with extensive materials and an awesome professor. Highly recommended, the only thing better would be regular updates t some of the charts used and taking it in person.

By Hassan I

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Oct 1, 2023

full of great information, after completing the course there is no option for downloading the certificate !, even those it says that there is a certificate when completing the course.

By Clara B

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May 29, 2020

Great course, very interesting content and amazing Professor. However there are some issues with the quizzes due to a lack of update of the course, which can be frustrating at times.

By Jesse C

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Oct 11, 2017

Sachs was an entertaining professor and the lectures where informative. He really does illustrate and discuss the different factors that may effect an area's development process.

By Monica S

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Nov 8, 2015

Very interesting and demanding course, however is very long (14 weeks) in comparison to other online courses and due to its length it should provide a certificate of completion.

By Christian T

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Jun 16, 2020

Al ser un curso hecho el 2012 hay muchos cuadros y consultas del examen que ya no están disponibles en internet, pero aún así la información es valiosa y es posible terminarlo.

By Béatrice N

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May 3, 2020

Very interesting course, it gives a global overview of the topic. Unfortunately the tests are often outdated and refer to graphs that do not exist anymore... very frustrating!

By michael a

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Jan 21, 2018

Text book and videos were great...quizzes were a little behind in that the links were often no longer connected so you are left to guess when the link holds the specific an

By Jimmy v d H

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Dec 12, 2023

it was very nice, but it feels a bit dated with a few things. some website do not work anymore. and all the information is from around 2012/2013 so it feels a bit dated

By Ivana

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Sep 14, 2020

it was very interesting, I learned many new things and got insights into valuable information. It should be updated, though, because many links in quizzes do not work.

By Montserrat P

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Jan 18, 2016

Muy buen curso, entrega lo que ofrece y Jeffrey Sacks explica muy bien. El único problema son los quiz, traen links que no funcionan y hay respuestas que están mal.

By Samith R

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Jun 25, 2023

Amazing course on sustainability finance . prof sachs is just awesome . If you want to know how the united nations work and have set MDG and SDG just start here

By Mark A G

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Jan 18, 2016

A great overview of a very complicated topic. Dr. Sachs does a great job presenting the information in easily digestible bits but still keeps it interesting.

By Ankita D

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Jun 28, 2017

Great course but some of the content needs to be updated to include recent events since Environmental Science is such a fast-changing field at the moment.

By Catalina G

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Jun 1, 2022

Very interesting and eye opening. On the tests many numerical responses were not consistent with the date available and many of the links were broken.