ECON10002 An Introduction to Development Studies
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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES: ECONOMICS
COURSE UNIT OUTLINE 2022-2023
ECON10002 An Introduction to Development Studies
Semester: Two Credits: 10
Aims and objectives: This course aims to provide a self-contained introduction to development issues for general social scientists and to cover the preparatory material for more advanced development courses in the second and third years. On completion of this unit successful students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of the meaning and measurement of development and a superficial understanding of all and deep understanding of at least one of the
following books:
Sen, A. (1999) Development as Freedom,
Chang, H.J. (2007) Bad Samaritans
Hulme, D. (2016) Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?
Hulme, D. (2015) Global Poverty: Global Governance and Poor People in the Post-2015
World Bank . (2011) World Development Report 2012:
Gender Equality and Development. World Bank Piketty, T. (2014) Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Dasgupta, P. (2007) Economics: A Very Short Introduction Banerjee; Abhijit V & Esther Duflo (2011) Poor
economics: rethinking poverty and ways to end it Wydick, B. (2008) Games in Economic Development World Bank (2014) World development report 2015:
mind, society, and behavior, World Bank Group (New for 2022-3)
Employability Skills: On this course students should develop their intellectual skills. These include: Critical thinking, Problem solving, Problem posing, Synthesis and analysis of information, Critical reflection and Evaluation
Topics and Reading List
Introduction: An introduction to the course and to
development at Manchester
The origin of the term "Economic Development"
Arndt, H.W . (1981) Economic Development: A Semantic History, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Volume 29, Number 3, April 1981
The Meaning of Development
Thirlwall, A (2003) Growth and Development: With
Special Reference to Developing Economies, Palgrave 7th Ed. - Chapter 1 The Study of Development
Colman, D and Nixson, F (1994) Economics of Change in Less Developed Countries, Harvester Wheatsheaf – Chapter 1 section 1.1 What is Development
The Measurement of Development
Thirlwall, A. (2003) Growth and Development: With Special Reference to Developing Economies, Palgrave 7th Ed. - Chapter 2 The Development Gap and Measurement of Poverty
Colman, D. and Nixson, F. (1994) Economics of Change in Less Developed Countries, Harvester Wheatsheaf - Chapter 1 section 1.2 Measuring Development and 1.3 Conclusion
UNDP's Human Development Reports (see the website)
Semester Plan
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Wk |
Week beg. 2023 |
Lecs |
Tuts |
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20 |
30 Jan |
L1 |
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21 |
6 Feb |
L2 |
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22 |
13 Feb |
L3 |
T1 |
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23 |
20 Feb |
L4 |
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24 |
27 Feb |
L5 |
T2 |
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25 |
6 Mar |
L6 |
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26 |
13 Mar |
L7 |
T3 |
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27 |
20 Mar |
L8 |
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28 |
27 Mar |
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29 |
3 Apr |
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30 |
10 Apr |
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31 |
17 Apr |
L9 |
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32 |
24 Apr |
L10 |
T4 |
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33 |
1 May |
L11 |
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34 |
8 May |
L12 |
T5 |
Tutorials
10:00- 10:50 Simon 4.05
11:00- 11:50 Sam Alex A201
12:00- 12:50 Sam Alex A201
14:00- 14:50 Engineering B 2B.025
15:00- 15:50 Engineering B 2B.025
Development as Freedom
Sen, Amartya (1999) Development as Freedom , Oxford
International Institutions, Aid, Development and Poverty
UN, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization
Hulme, David (2016) Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? Polity
Hulme, David (2015) Global Poverty: Global Governance and Poor People in the Post-2015, Routledge
Gender and Development
World Bank . (2011) World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development. World Bank
History and Political Economy for Development
Chang, Ha-Joon (2007) Bad Samaritans
Piketty, T . (2014) Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Economics as Development
Dasgupta, Partha (2007) Economics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford
Wydick, B. (2008) Games in Economic Development, Cambridge
Banerjee; Abhijit V & Esther Duflo (2011) Poor economics : rethinking poverty and the ways to end it World Bank (2014) World development report 2015: mind, society, and behavior, World Bank Group
Blackboard: Apart from most of the books most of the course materials will be on Blackboard. E- books are linked to in the library (let me know if the links don’t work)
Podcasts: The lectures will be podcasted – but the system sometimes doesn’t work so this can’t be relied on – but last year’s recordings are linked to.
Assessment criteria: The criteria used by Economics in the assessment of examinations and coursework can be found on theUG Intranetin your programme handbook (BSc Economics, BA(ECON) Economics and Social Sciences) and will be linked through the course unit's Blackboard Page
Plagiarism is presenting the ideas, work or words of other people without proper, clear and unambiguous acknowledgement. It also includes ‘self-plagiarism’ (which occurs where, for example, you submit work that you have presented for assessment on a previous occasion), and the submission of material from ‘essay banks’ (even if the authors of such material appear to be giving you permission to use it in this way). Obviously, the most blatant example of plagiarism would be to copy another student’s work . Hence it is essential to make clear in your assignments the distinction between: the ideas and work of other people that you may have quite legitimately exploited and developed, and the ideas or material that you have personally contributed.
Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and the consequences are severe.
Guidelines on plagiarism are included in the documents listed above or can be found, together with general
guidelines on the university’s examinations process, on the StudentNet website.
Exam marks: Students are advised that the University does not countenance student appeals against the academic judgements of Examiners and the grounds on which a student may appeal are specified on the websitehttp://www.studentsupport.manchester.ac.uk/study-support/appeals/
Past Examination Papers: All students must be aware that any past-examination papers MUST be referred to appropriately. Any past examination paper is merely an aid to revision and MUST NOT be used as an exemplar as to the content and style of an examination. Content and style of examination paper may change from year to year and ALL students must adequately prepare based on their own syllabus (and not that from previous years), in conjunction with the current Course Unit Outline.
Please see the University's past examination papers website:
http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ssc/pastpapers/Humanities/Social Sciences/index.shtml
Office hours Nick is normally in (but has lunch breaks and is busy on Thursday) feel free to visit him to discuss ECON10002 or any related matters . Arthur Lewis 3.014 Tel x54835
2023-03-07