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MDP PROGRAMS

Africa

University of Botswana​

North America

University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal​

Columbia University​

University of Ibadan, Nigeria​

Emory University​

University of Pretoria, South Africa​

Harvard University​

University of Otuoke, Nigeria​

Regis University​

Latin America & Caribbean

University of California, Berkeley​

University of Florida​

University of Minnesota​

Claribel College, Jamaica​

University of Missouri​

South East Asia

University of British Columbia​

University of Winnipeg​

University of Waterloo​

Universidad de los Andes, Colombia​

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro​

European University of Moldova​

Europe

BRAC Development Institute, Bangladesh​

PSIA, Institute of Political Sciences​

Lund University, Sweden​

James Cook University, Australia​

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland​

TERI School of Advanced Studies, India​

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain​

Universite Sains Malaysia​

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka​

Monash University, Australia​

Sunway University, Malaysia​

Royal University of Bhutan​

TATA University, India​