Introduction To The Economics Of Development

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• Students will be able to understand the nature of poverty and how it is measured.
• Students will be able to understand how economic growth is measured and how this correlates to alternative measures of development.
• Students will be able to understand the structural changes in the economy that occur as a country increases per capita income.
• Students will be able to understand the leading economic models explaining these changes.
• Students will become familiar with competing views of how economic policy can best promote economic growth and development.
• Students will be able to understand how linkages to the international economy can promote or hinder the process of economic growth and development.

Official roster learning outcomes