The CC-14 Development Economics II is the second course on development. It begins with basic demographic concepts and their evolution during the process of development. The structure of markets and contracts is linked to the particular problems of is linked to the particular problems of enforcement experienced in poor countries. The governance of communities and organizations is studied and this is then linked to questions of sustainable growth. The course ends with reflections on the role of globalization and increased international dependence on the process of development.
Overview
Syllabus
Week
Module No.
Title of Modules
1
1
Demographic Concepts
2
Age Structure (Part 1)
3
Age Structure (Part 2)
2
4
Age Structure (Part 3)
5
Demographic Transition (Part 1)
6
Demographic Transition (Part 2)
3
7
Gender Bias (Part 1)
8
Gender Bias (Part 2)
9
Gender and Unequal Treatment (Part 1)
4
10
Gender and Unequal Treatment (Part 2)
11
Connections between income, mortality, fertility choices; Human capital
12
Migration
5
13
The distribution of land ownership
14
Land reform and its effects on productivity (Part 1)
15
Land reform and its effects on productivity (Part 2)
6
16
Land Rental Contracts (Part 1)
17
Land Rental Contracts (Part 2)
18
Nutrition and labour productivity (part 1)
19
Nutrition and labour productivity (part 2)
7
20
Nutrition and labour productivity (part 3)
21
Rural Credit Market (Part 1)
22
Rural Credit Market (Part 2)
23
Rural Credit Market (Part 3)
8
24
Microfinance
25
Inter- linkages between rural factor markets
26
Environment and Sustainable Development
27
Defining sustainability for renewable resources
9
28
Common-pool resources (part 1)
29
Common pool resources (part 2)
30
A brief history of environmental change (Part 1)
31
A brief history of environmental change (Part 2)
10
32
Environmental externalities (Part 1)
33
Environmental externalities (Part 2)
34
State regulation of the environment (part 1)
35
State regulation of the environment (part 2)
11
36
Economic activity and climate change (part 1)
37
Economic activity and climate change (part 2)
38
Economy and Environment - 1
39
Economy and Environment - 2
12
40
Globalisation in historical perspective (part 1)
41
Globalisation in historical perspective (part 2)
42
Globalisation in historical perspective (part 3)
43
Economics and Politics of Multilateral Trade (Part – I)
13
44
Economics and Politics of Multilateral Trade (Part – 2)
45
Economics and Politics of Multilateral Trade (Part – 3)
46
Trade, production patterns and world inequality (part 1)
47
Trade, production patterns and world inequality (part 2)
14
48
Trade, production patterns and world inequality (part 3)
49
Trade, production patterns and world inequality (part 4)
50
Financial instability in a globalised world (part 1)
15
51
Financial instability in a globalised world (part 2)
52
Financial instability in a globalised world (part 3)
53
Financial instability in a globalised world (part 4)
Taught by
MANAS RANJAN BHOWMIK
