This unit is concerned with the relevance of historical experience to the problems confronting developing countries today; economic and social factors affecting the development process; population and economic development; education, human capital and development; income distribution and poverty; agriculture modernisation and growth; urban-rural dichotomy; the relationship between equality and development; and trade, aid and development. The unit is also likely to be useful to non-economics (eg, sociology, anthropology, philosophy) students. -- Course Website
Instructor: Mr Craig MacMillan
Prerequisites: ECON632 or ECON633 or admission to MActPrac or MCom or MEc or MIntBus prior to 2011 or admission to MAppAnth or PGDipAppAnth or MDevCult or PGDipDevCult