| Module Identifier | MBM3210 | ||
| Module Title | RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Co-ordinator | Dr Timothy Jenkins | ||
| Semester | Semester 2 | ||
| Course delivery | Lecture | 2 hours per week plus seminars | |
| Assessment | Exam | 2 Hours | 50% |
| Course work | 50% | ||
Syllabus
Introduction: terminology, economic approaches to development, social and other non-economic assessments of development, indicators of development.
Theories of development: models of growth, structural change and dependence.
Population and development: Malthusian and household population models.
International trade and development: international perspectives on rural development, trade theory, trade policy, commodity policy.
Governments, markets and institutions: development planning, structural adjustment programmes, role of IMF and World Bank.
Agriculture and rural development: role of the agricultural sector in economic development, agricultural transformation, rural strategies and progress, rural-urban migration.
The environment and development: environmental impacts of development, sustainable development, policy options.
Reading Lists
Books
Colman, David and Fred Nixson.. (1994)
Economics of change in less developed countries. 3rd.
Evans, H David and David Greenaway (eds).. (1991)
Developing countries and the international economy: issues in trade, adjustment and debt..
Ghatak, Subrata.. (1995)
Introduction to development economics.. 3rd.
Goldin, I, Knudsen, O. (1990)
Agricultural Trade Liberalisation - Implications for Developing Countries. OECD.
Gordon-Ashworth, F. (1984)
International Commodity Control. Croom Helm.
Griffin, K. (1989)
Alternative Strategies for Economic Development. St Martin?s Press
Hogendorn, JS. (1992)
Economic Development,. Harper Collins
Todaro, M. (1997)
Economic Development.. 6th. Longman
Winters, L A. (1991)
International Economics. 4th. Longman
Toye, John.. (1993)
Dilemmas of Development: reflections on the counter-revolution in development economics. 2nd.
Stewart, Frances.. (1995)
Adjustment and poverty: options and choices..
Hunt, Diana.. (1989)
Economic Theories of Development.
Killick, Tony.. (1995)
IMF programmes in developing countries: design and impact.
Meier, G. (1989)
Leading Issues in Economic Development. 5th. Oxford University Press.
Journals
Sen, Amartya..
Development: which way now?. Econ. Journal 93. Dec 1983
Stern, N..
The economics of development: a survey. Econ. Journal 99. Sept 1989.
Technical Reports
United Nations Development Program, annual.. Human Development Reports
World Bank, annual.. World Development Reports