Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitECC4670 - Economic development

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Economics
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Pushkar Maitra

Synopsis

Characteristics and experience of developing countries; theories of economic growth and development; domestic and external sources of financial and human resources for development; the roles of international trade, investment, technology manufacturing and government in the development process.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

be familiar with the distinctive environmental, technical and social characteristics of developing countries
understand the processes of structural change and social change which occur during development
recognise the importance of institutions, technological change, and international trade, aid, and investment for the development process
have skills necessary for the critical appraisal of theories of economic development.