As a field of study, Development Economics has both a long history and a rapidly expanding set of issues that is considered to be within its domain today. The Foundation of Development Economics will provide a long-term perspective to the field, covering topics such as the meaning of development, the measurement of poverty and inequality, economic growth, structural transformation, industrialisation, institutions and trade. Students will be exposed to classical texts to gain an understanding of how the economic approach to these topics have evolved over time; as well as rigorous mathematical models and modern economic approaches to empirical analysis for an introduction to current methods and practices in the study of Development Economics.
Private Study: 120
Contact Hours: 30
Total: 150
Compulsory to the following courses:
• MSc Development Economics
• MSc Economics
Optional to the following courses:
• MSc Economics and Econometrics
• Problem sets: 10%
• In Course Test (45 minutes): 10%.
• Examination (2 hours): 80%
Reassessment: 100% exam
*Exams will be in-person*
The University is committed to ensuring that core reading materials are in accessible electronic format in line with the Kent Inclusive Practices.
The most up to date reading list for each module can be found on the university's reading list pages.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Systematically and comprehensively understand how concepts related to economic development, industrialization, structural change and growth can account for inequality and poverty
2 Systematically and comprehensively understand how modern theoretical methods can be used to study institutional transformation and growth of nations
3 Use economic models to think about problems in development at the high level of abstraction and generality
4 Comprehensively understand how to use old and new theories to understand causal relationships in development economics.
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