You will learn about factors influencing the pace and quality of growth in developing countries includes: factor endowments; population growth; trade and investment; capital and national savings; agriculture and rural poverty and the process of industrialisation. The course takes a critical look at adequacy of neo-classical explanations of economic growth and examines if globalisation, debt reduction interventions and international trade rules are helping the world’s poor. The course uses tools and techniques including cost-benefit analysis, multi-criteria assessment methods and scenario analysis.
Other information
- Prerequisite:
- Enrolled in Program AR700
- Semester of offer: *
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- Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
- Units:
- 12.00
- EFTSL:
- 0.125
- Student contribution band:
- Band 3
- Census date:
- Academic Calendar
- Class Timetable:
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* Semester of offer is subject to change.
Course outline
ENS760 Course Outline Semester 2, 2018 (PDF 287KB)
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