DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of development economics. Development economics is the study of how countries’ economies transition from lower to higher income or grow out of poverty. Topics covered include measurements of development, the economic gap between developed and developing countries, poverty and inequality, population growth, structural changes and developing strategies, fiscal and political institutions, market development, health care, and education around the world. Prerequisite: completion of an English Sequence (4 credits)