ECON126 PO - Economic Development

When Offered: Fall 2024
Instructor(s): T. Andrabi
Credit: 1

Study of economic development in low-income countries. Development thinking on role of market vs. the state; interaction of civil, political and economic spheres; quantification of social and economic aspects of development; incidence of poverty; industrialization; agricultural transformation; land, labor and credit allocation in rural environments; the household as an allocation mechanism; and environmental challenges of development. Prerequisites: ECON 051 PO and ECON 052 PO.

Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2