Economic Growth and Development
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati via Swayam
Found in Economics Courses
- Provider
Swayam
- Cost
Free Online Course
- Session
Finished
- Language
English
- Certificate
Paid Certificate Available
- Duration
8 weeks long
Overview
This course engages the student with the much debated theories of growth versus development. The decades following liberalization and globalization have been a period of very high levels of economic inequality. With the focus on issues surrounding inequality, this course will introduce students to the major ideas and theories surrounding the often used and misused concepts of economic growth and economic development. With the help of major concepts used in growth and development economics, a student taking this course will be able to participate in the debate and understand the nuances surrounding the issue of economic development.
INTENDED AUDIENCE :UG and PG students of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering
PREREQUISITES :NIL
INDUSTRY SUPPORT :NIL
Syllabus
COURSE LAYOUT
Week 1: Concepts of economic growth & development; The Global North & Global South Divide
Week 2: Indices of economic development and contemporary controversies
Week 3: Strategies of economic development-I
Week 4: Strategies of economic development-II
Week 5: Growth and Inequality
Week 6: Introduction to Human Development
Week 7 :Human Development Indices
Week 8: MDGs, SDGs & gender budgeting