Economic Development

Tsunehiro OTSUKI(School of International Public Policy)

Objective
   To understand the basic theories in development economics, and to acquire skills to evaluate contemporary development policies.

Course Content

1. Definition and measurement of economic development?
2. Theories on economic growth
3. Poverty
4. Income distribution
5. Population growth and economic development
6. Rural-urban migration
7. International trade
8. Technological transfer and foreign direct investment
9. Environment and development

Textbook
   Copies provided in the class.

• Ray, Debraj (1998). Development Economics. Princeton University Press.
• Todaro, Michael P. and Stephen C. Smith (2011). Development Economics 11th Edition. Prentice Hall.
• Perkins, Dwight H., Steven Radelet and David L Lindauer (2006). Economics of Development (Sixth Edition). W. W. Norton & Company.

Grading

• 90%: Final written examination
• 10%: Class participation and performance