{"id":309,"date":"2024-11-11T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/programs\/international-development-and-social-change-major-minor\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:25:55","slug":"international-development-and-social-change-ba","status":"publish","type":"clarku_program","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/international-development-and-social-change-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"International Development and Social Change, B.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element hero-program has-warm-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f0e4704a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62bfe30d9f3179ae78b7dddec1ac40c4\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">According to the International Monetary Fund, approximately 70 percent of all nations are \u201cdeveloping\u201d&nbsp;\u2014 characterized by economic vulnerability and high levels of poverty. 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