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Examines the evolution of the concept of economic development and its means of assessment. The course studies the models explaining the process of economic development and the barriers to it. A critical analysis of the success and failure of development theories and policies are examined. A survey of neo-classical, dualist, structuralist, Third-Worldist, Marxist and IMF based discourses of development and underdevelopment are undertaken.
Examines the evolution of the concept of economic development and its means of assessment. The course studies the models explaining the process of economic development and the barriers to it. A critical analysis of the success and failure of development theories and policies are examined. A survey of neo-classical, dualist, structuralist, Third-Worldist, Marxist and IMF based discourses of development and underdevelopment are undertaken.