Current Students

ECON349: Southeast Asian Economies

Lecturer in charge

Alison Vicary

Availability

D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year

Unit Outline

Websites

Handbook entry

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Description

The problems of economic development of South-East Asian countries. Topics include agricultural development and impact of the agrarian reforms, problems of industrialisation, the role of the state in economic development, labour, foreign trade and investment and sustainability. The course also deals with the reasons for the emergence of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and its consequences.