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Jan 28, 2026
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ECON 5251 - The Economic Setting for Development II (3 cr.)
Prerequisites
ECON 5250
Description
This course covers contemporary development theory and issues viewed through the lenses of macroeconomics and microeconomics. This process will be undertaken while also ensuring that the ideas themselves are placed within a proper historical and cultural context. This course is regional and historical in nature, while also addressing more detailed issues in development as well as the manner in which economic policy can influence the development process. These issues will include, but not limited to, political stability food security, international trade, natural resource policy and population policy. Exploration of development policy will also extend beyond traditional economic analysis and also ask more distributional and normative questions pertaining to race, gender, class and the environment.
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