Undergraduate Course: Development Economics (ECNM10061)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course introduces key concepts and some major issues of development economics. It emphasizes the importance of institutional factors in many problems of development. Recent advances and empirical evidence in the subject will be used to cover the following topics:
Micro-finance; Informal insurance against shocks: health insurance/funeral groups; Informal savings groups; Fertility and returns to education in developing countries; Foreign aid efficiency in helping developing countries to grow; Program evaluation with Randomized Control Trials; Behavioural economics applied to development: eliciting risk preferences, etc. with the help of field experiments; Intra-households'
consumption allocations. |
| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 3 Economics courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. This MUST INCLUDE courses in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Introductory Econometrics. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Essay (20%)
Presentation (10%)
Degree exam (70%) |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Development Economics | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| After successful completion of this course students should have developed their general skills of critical analyss and assessment; obtaining and processing information from a variety of sources; presentation and communication skills; interpersonal and groups skills; independent action and initiative; managing tasks and time.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | DevEcon |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Lorna Aitken
Tel: (0131 6)50 8363
Email: L.Aitken@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Dawn Hutcheon
Tel: (0131 6)51 5958
Email: Dawn.Hutcheon@ed.ac.uk |
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