One of the most pressing challenges of our time is achieving sustainable development among the world's neediest populations.  The Master's in Development Practice (MDP) Degree Program at Emory University is designed to meet that challenge.  Our innovative program of study integrates contributions from a broad range of disciplines and combines academic knowledge with practical experience to produce a new kind of development practitioner-one who is uniquely prepared to confront the complex problems of improving the living conditions of the globe's most disadvantaged peoples.