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Economic Development and World Economic Order - ECON857

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.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening

Staff Contact(s): 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 Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s):
Unit Designation(s):

Commerce

Economics

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Economics

Faculty of Business and Economics

Timetable Information

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