| This module is about the study of development in low-income countries and addresses both conventional as well as new horizons in the discipline. The detailed syllabus is as follows: Overview of Development: Measurement and Conceptual Issues, Characteristics and Structural Features - Economic Growth Theories; Role of Human capital, Technological Progress, Convergence, Institutional Quality and Geography - Inequality and Development Linkages: Measurement Issues, Growth and Inequality, Role of Savings and Human Capital and Aspects of Poverty - Demography and Development: Population Dynamics, Rural and Urban Interaction and Aspects of Migration - Financial Institutions: The Role of Credit and Insurance, Informal Markets and Microfinance - Trade Policy: Trade Liberalisation, Regionalisation and Policy Discussion. |
Administrative assistant: DILMAHOMED BOCUS Bibi Swaleha
Telephone: 4037400
Email: s.dilmahomed@uom.ac.mu |
