Course overview
This is an intermediate undergraduate course in development economics. The course will typically cover topics such as: the meaning and measurement of economic development; growth theories; poverty and income distribution; the role of geography and institutions; fertility and population growth; the role of credit markets and microfinance; health and nutrition, education, female empowerment.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate familiarity with some central themes and issues of economic development
- Demonstrate the understanding of the difference between growth and development, major growth theories, the measurement of inequality, significance of agricuture in developing countries, poverty and population issues facing the world, international trade, and importance of foreign aid
- Analyse empirical evidence on the patterns of economic development
- Read critically the journal literature in the area of economic development
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