ES32030: Analytical development economics
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Economics |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | EXCB 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Unseen Examination (EXCB 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must ( take ES22013 AND take ES22014 ) OR ( take ES20011 AND take ES20013 )
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| Learning Outcomes: |
On completion of the module, you should be able to demonstrate:
- Confidence in applying relevant microeconomic or macroeconomic techniques to key issues in development;
- An understanding (where appropriate) of how to use empirical analysis (econometric and experimental methods) in assessing development policies;
- An ability to contribute to policy debates in the context of development;
- An ability to critically read specialist research articles in development economics.
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| Synopsis: | "Study and apply various tools of economic analysis to understand key problems and issues faced by developing countries.
You will examine the various constraints - structural, behavioural and historical - faced by impoverished households, and the various interventions (both at a macro and micro level) that can help communities. You will also study the design and evaluation of these policies.
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| Content: | Models of poverty traps (role of expectations, market imperfections and initial inequality)
Inequality, Conflict and Development
Dualism, Informality and Growth Strategies
History in Economic Development
Role of Governance (Democracy, Federalism, Capture, Corruption)
Economics of the Poor Household
(Gender, Child Labour)
Credit- Microfinance
Measuring and targeting specific groups for policy intervention (anti-poverty programs, conditional and unconditional transfers)
Impact evaluation
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| Course availability: |
ES32030 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Economics (Year 3)
- UHES-AAB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AKB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHES-AFB12 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics (Year 3)
- UHES-AAB04 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHES-ACB04 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Mathematics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AAB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHES-ACB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-ACB03 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics (Year 3)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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