*GLOBAL POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Catalog description

Students are introduced to the challenges of eradicating extreme poverty and achieving sustainable economic development in the world. Topics include: the measurement of poverty and inequality; analysis of food security and agricultural development; the role of health and education in economic development; credit markets; risk and insurance; climate change and biodiversity; gender equality; rural-urban and international migration; population growth and development; institutions and economic performance; the political economy of development.