ECON465 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
| Course Code: | 3110465 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Economics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ABDULAHAT MUHİTTİN CEM SOMEL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The objective is to enhance students' capacity to think critically about economic development and to help them review macroeconomic theory and economic policy issues.
Course Content
This course studies the current policy issues of underdeveloped countries with reference to the relevant theoretical debates and country experiences, with some emphasis on the East Asian experience. Economic relations between North and South; trade, technology and financial policy issues; the role of the state; the implications of endogenous growth theory and international institutional constraints on policy making are discussed.