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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(ECON 3013)
Course Description
This course covers the concepts and theories of development, major development
problems of the Third World, economic and non-economic analysis of the same; policy
implications and development prospects.
Course Objectives
General Objectives
1. Apply the methodology of economics in the study of its applied fields.
2. Employ tools of mathematics and statistics in the various fields of economics.
Specific Objectives
1. Use important economic concepts especially when explicated in the context of
development problem;
2. Identify contemporary development problems in the Third World within the global
context;
3. Analyze said problems from a combined empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented
perspective; and
4. Formulate independent judgment and policy conclusions about their possible
solutions.
Course Credit: 3 Units Pre-Requisite: Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
Course Grading System
Class Standing 70%
Quizzes
Attendance
Recitation
Projects/Assignments/Seatwork/Special Report
Midterm/Final Examination 30%
100%
Midterm Grade + Final Grade = Final Grade
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Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Meaning of development
2. Characteristics of Emerging Economies
3. Measurements of Growth and development
3.1 Inclusive Growth
3.2 Human Development Index
3.3 Economic Freedom Index
3.4 Other Measures
4. Links between growth and human development
5. Case study
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II. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THEORIES
1. Theories of development
2. Historic growth and contemporary development
3. Case study
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III. POVERTY, INCOME INEQUALITY AND INCOME
DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILITY
1. Concepts and review of evidence
2. Measurements
2.1 GINI Coefficients
2.2 Lorenz Curves
2.3 Great GATSBY Curve
2.4 Other Measures
3. Issues and Policy Options
3.1 4P’s (Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfer)
4. Case Study
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IV. POPULATION
1. Population growth theories, measurements and quality of life
2. Causes and consequences of high fertility
3. Goals, objectives and policy approaches
4. Case study
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V. UNEMPLOYMENT
1. Basic issues and Theories
2. Dimensions of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) unemployment
3. Economic models and employment determination
4. Case study
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VI. URBANIZATION AND RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION
1. The migration urbanization problems
2. Migration and development
3. Models, policies and strategies
4. Case study
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VII. EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL
1. Education in developing regions
2. Economic analysis and issues
2.1 K-12 Program
2.2 Free Tertiary Education
3. Educational policy options
4. Case study
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VIII. AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Agricultural progress and rural development in the Third World
2. From subsistence agriculture to specialized commercial farming
3. Policies and strategies
4. Case study
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IX. ENVIRONMENT
1. Environment and development
2. Economic models of the environment
3. Policies and options
4. Case study
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X. GLOBALIZATION AND THE ASIAN CRISIS
1. Global interdependence
2. Global environmental threat
3. Globalization and international financial reform
4. The Asian crisis
5. Case study
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XI. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS
1. Research and Development
2. Advantages and Issues
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References
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Development Economics
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I. Introduction
Learning Objectives:
1. To know the meaning of development
2. To identify the different characteristics of developing countries-classification,
Diversity and common characteristics
3. To learn the various measurements of development
4. To determine the links between growth and human development
Traditional Neoclassical Economics is defined as a social science that deals with the
efficient allocation of scarce resources in order to satisfy the infinite needs and wants of men.
Through time, with the advent of technology, economics now explains Consumer Sovereignty,
Private Ownership of Properties, Utility Maximization and Individualistic Self-interested
Orientation toward economic decision making.
The study of economic development is one of the newest and challenging branches of
the broader disciplines of economics and political economy.
Adam Smith considered as the first development economist. His Wealth of Nations
(1776) was considered as the first treatise on economic development that discusses the
