Introduction to Economic Development - ECON2111

Faculty: Australian School of Business

School: School of Economics

Course Outline: ECON2111 Course outline

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: ECON1102

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course provides an introduction to the economic analysis of the phenomenon of underdevelopment. It addresses the meaning and measures of economic development, the process by which it occurred in some of the now-developed countries, and specific structural and institutional problems that plague the currently underdeveloped world. Policy issues will also be discussed. The exposition will use verbal and empirical analysis as well as some formal economic models.