ECON BC3029 Economics of Development

Instructor: Sanjay Reddy, Spring 2006

This course will attempt to survey key issues in the expansive and important field of development studies. It will endeavor to foster understanding of the main debates and approaches to study within the field of development economics -- involving the theory and 'empirics' of growth and structural transformation, income distribution and poverty, the impact of international economic relations, the role and nature of government, gender, population, health and social protection. The course will also attempt to further awareness of development theory and practice as fields of social and political contention. Although the course will include a significant technical component, it will equally emphasize a critical and historical understanding of contemporary development debates.

No special topical knowledge is assumed. However, the course requires familiarity with economic principles at the intermediate level.