Current Students

ECON235: Economic Development

Lecturer in charge Mr Joe Macri

Availability

D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year

Unit Outline

Websites

Handbook entry

Coursework unit website - WebCT (Login required)

Description

Topics include the characteristics of under-developed countries; economic growth and welfare; population pressures and economic expansion; labour absorption problems; income distribution and economic growth; agricultural processes; industrialisation; role of foreign investment; alternative technology; trade, aid, and dependence; manpower development; the strategy and techniques of development planning; north-south relationships; new international economic order.