Course Co-ordinator: Dr H Battu

Pre-requisite(s): EC 2003.

Note(s): This course runs every two years, starting in 2013/14. This course will not be available in 2012/13.

This course on Development Economics focuses on the countries of the developing world and tries to ascertain how low-income economies can be set on a track of sustained economic development in order to reduce poverty and achieve levels of wealth akin to developed economies.

[eg. 3 one-hour lectures (Tue, Wed, Thur at 11) and 1 one-hour tutorial (to be arranged) per week].

3 one-hour lectures per week (to be arranged) and, as of Week 2, 1 one-hour tutorial every week (to be arranged).

1st Attempt: 1 three-hour examination (80%) and in-course assessment (20%) consisting of a 2,000 word essay.

Resit: 1 three-hour examination (80%) and in-course assessment (20%) consisting of a 2,000 word essay. Previous coursework will be taken into account unless doing so would cause a student who passed the resit exam to fail the course overall, in which case the overall mark will be CAS 9.