Development Economics

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the characteristics of less-developed countries, and of the diversity amongst them
• the economic problems facing developing countries

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply economic analysis to those problems and to formulate and evaluate possible policy responses, including those recommended by institutions such as the World Bank
• analyse a country in depth to evaluate its development problems and potential.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate your analysis and logical arguments in written form.

Explore some of the economic reasons that have led to this global inequality, and some of the steps that might be taken to relieve the situation. A unifying theme of this module is the role of markets and market failure in setting the pattern of past development, and the potential role of policy in the future. The course covers a number of topics related to economic development theories and empirical evidence on economic development.

Teaching and learning methods

The module is taught through a combination of lectures and interactive seminar sessions where engagement and participation are expected.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Other. The Blackboard site provides further information, podcasts, reading lists and links to key

Textbooks

Michael Todaro and Stephen Smith (2020). Economic Development.

Assessment strategy

This module is assessed by written coursework (100% of the final mark), in which students are asked to produce TWO economic reports on set questions/topics on a country of their choice. The first assessment counts for 20% of the marks and the second assessment submitted at the end of the module is worth 80% of the marks. This is the same for internal repeat. Assessment for external repeat and referral is through 100% end of module coursework assessment.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External