ECON 442: Economic Development

Course Description

This course presents students with an understanding of the key problems, concepts, theories, institutions, sources of statistical information and policy debates that inform global economic development today. It covers an array of issues, from how we conceptualize and measure development and poverty, to debates on how we tackle poverty, to the centrality of human capital in growth and development, to sustainability, rural agriculture, and macro issues of trade and global finance. This is a project-based learning course with hands-on learning organized in teams. (AY).