ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF
NON-INDUSTRIALIZED
COUNTRIES
Econ 270.3
COURSE
OUTLINE
Outline
1.0
Introduction: What is economic development?
2.0
Development of Whom by Whom for Whom?
Chapter 1: Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective
Chapter 2: Divers Structures and Common Characteristics of Developing Nations
Chapter 3: Historic Growth and Contemporary Development
3.0 Development of What and Why? Ch. 6-10
Chapter 6: Poverty, Inequality and Development
Chapter 7: Population Growth & Economic Development
Chapter 10 Agricultural Transformation
4.0 Development Models
Chapter 5: Contemporary Theories
Objective
The objective of the course is to place the economic
development of non-industrialized nations in the context of an emerging global
knowledge-based economy. This
contextualization will include consideration of the differing strengths and
weaknesses of such nations in the satisfaction of the wants, needs and desires
of their citizens in a rapidly changing world.
In the process an introductory vocabulary of economic development and an
initial understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary
developmental models will acquired.
Evaluation
Mid-Terms (3 @ 20%
each) = 60%
Final Exam = 40%
100%
The
mid-term and final exams will consist of defining selected terms
(e.g., you choose 10 from a list of 20 +), plus graphic and policy
interpretation of the significance of each term in connexion with the
development of non-industrialized nations.
Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty is subject to severe penalty at the