2010 Course Handbook
ECON857: Economic Development and World Economic Order
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; trade, aid and development. The unit is also likely to be useful to non-economics (eg, sociology, anthropology, philosophy etc.) students.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Mr Craig MacMillan |
| Prerequisites: | ECON632 or ECON633 or admission to MCom or MIB or MEc or MActPrac prior to 2011 |
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| Unit Designations: |
Commerce
Economics |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Economics Faculty of Business and Economics |