Professor,
International Development Studies
Telephone: (204) 953-3859
j.buckland@uwinnipeg.ca
Academic Interests
Jerry Buckland’s academic background is in Economics and International Development Studies. His interests and teaching areas include micro-financial services and poverty, rural development and food security, non-governmental organizations and community development, and Bangladesh development.
Teaching Activities
- IDS-1100/6 Introduction to International Development Studies
- IDS 2110/3 Participatory Local Development
- IDS-2130/3 Rural Development
- IDS 2181/3 Financial Services & Poverty (Selected Topics in IDS)
- IDS-3111/3 An Analysis of Development Aid Policies
- IDS-3141/3 Participatory Community Economy
- IDS/CRS-3920/3 Action Research Methods
- IDS-4110/3 Senior Seminar in International Development Studies
- IDS/CRS 4922/3 Program Evaluation in Development & Conflict Resolution
- NEW: IDS-4120/3 International Development Studies Honours Thesis (download draft fall 2011 syllabus here)
- Econ-2010 Development Economics (CMU Shaftesbury Campus)
Some Recent Publications
Micro-Finance
‘Barriers to Improved Capability for Low-income Canadians,’ Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, Vol.22(4), 2010, p.357-390 [with Antonia Fikkert and Rick Eagan].
‘Are Low-income Canadians Financially Literate? Placing Financial Literacy in the Context of Personal and Structural Constraints,’ Adult Education Quarterly, Vol.60(4), 2010, p.357-376.
‘Financial Literacy and Community Banking Projects,’ Making Waves, Special Edition 2009-2010 [with Rick Eagan].
‘An Examination of Asset-building as a Means to Foster Financial Inclusion: The Case of Individual Development Accounts,’ in Peter Nares & Jennifer Robson-Haddow ed., Asset-building in Canada, Toronto: Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI), 2007.
Rural Development
‘International Obstacles to Rural Development: How Neoliberal Policies Constrain Competitive Markets and Sustainable Agriculture,’ Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Vol. XXVII, No 1, 2006.
Ploughing up the Farm: Neoliberalism, Modern Technology and the State of the World’s Farmers. Halifax: Fernwood Books, & London: Zed Books, 2004.
Community Service
Jerry continues to be involved with a variety of community organizations in Winnipeg including membership on the SEED Winnipeg Board.
