EC36320 - DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Module Identifier

EC36320

Module Title

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Academic Year

2003/2004

Co-ordinator

Dr Reza Arabsheibani

Semester

Intended for use in future years

Next year offered

N/A

Next semester offered

N/A

Pre-Requisite

EC31510 , EC30230 or, EC31310 and

Course delivery

Lecture

20 Hours

Seminars / Tutorials

6 Hours

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	3 Hours	75%
Semester Assessment	1500 - 2000 words	25%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
By the end of the course students should:

Have a detailed understanding of the nature of the problems and the theoretical approaches explaining some aspects of individual behaviour in developing countries.
Have a detailed knowledge of the most recent empirical work on those topics.
Be able to combine theory and empirical evidence to draw policy implications.
Understand that models of indikvidual behaviour developed for advanced economies can be applied, with some modification, to explain behaviour of agents in developing countries.

Aims

The aim of this module is to provide students with an advanced understanding of individual behaviour in Less Developed Countries. The emphasis is on microeconomic decisions such as migration, sharecropping or lending under conditions that are somewhat different compared to the familiar neoclassical theory. Macroeconomic topics such as the debt crisis and adjustment will also be looked at.

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
Debraj Ray (1998) Development Economics Princeton University Press
** Recommended Text
G M Meier and J E Rauch (2000) Leading Issues in Development Economics 7th edition. Oxford
M P Todaro (2000) Economic Development 7th edition. Longmans

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6