This programme focuses on methods of analysing possible economic effects of aid, in particular on public expenditure, investment and growth; possible social and political effects of aid in particular on poverty eradication, welfare, corruption and good governance; and the underlying theories of development governing financial assistance by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Content
You will take three core courses
* Aid and development
* The IMF, the World Bank and economic growth
* Globalisation, trade and economic development.
Plus three options and a dissertation. The list of options includes
* Development policy
* Growth and development
* International trade
* Financial institutions and markets in developing countries
* Basic econometrics
* Project planning, appraisal and implementation
* Economic appraisal of development projects
* Theory and principles of sustainability
* Policies for sustainability and development
* Poverty: concept, analysis and policies
* Economics of inequality and deprivation
* Other MSc options subject to approval.