The Catholic University of America

 

IEDM

Master of Arts in Integral Economic Development Management

The IEDM master's program is the first to create and implement the integrated perspective that development entities demand. It develops innovative measures to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of development programs, while teaching applied management and economics skills. It provides students with:

  1. An understanding of the role that cultures and institutions play in the development process—in light of an integrated perspective on economic development that is based on sound economic techniques. This program equips students to measure the impact of institutions within the economic development process.
     
  2. The management skills necessary to design, implement, manage, and evaluate development programs—that will achieve integral economic development and build strong institutions capable of supporting successful development initiatives.
     
  3. An integrated perspective on economic development—one that takes into account the dignity of the human person, the good of the family, and the good of the community as foundational principles of economic development.
     

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The IEDM Program

 

Profiles

The IEDM Program appreciatively recognizes the distinguished economists, consultants, and other development leaders from the public and private sectors who teach in the IEDM program.

Professor Luanne D. Zurlo

Luanne D. Zurlo is a senior executive with significant investment banking and non-profit leadership experience. In 2002 she founded Worldfund, a non-profit dedicated to improving education quality in Latin America, after a nine-year career as a securities analyst on Wall Street (Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs).

Professor Zurlo was ranked by Institutional Investor as one of the top Latin American telecommunications analysts. Read more

    

 

 

Why Integral Economic Development?

Why IEDM?International economists today recognize that good policies alone will not ensure economic development; effective social and civil institutions are required.

“Integral economic development”  seeks to strengthen the civil and social institutions essential for sustainable development; it takes an integrated view of the person in society. More


Application Deadlines

For more information contact Program Director:

Prof. Beatriz Lopez Bonetti
Email: lopezbe@cua.edu
Phone: 202-319-6183

 

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