ECON 1291 - Husker Northeastern

Explores social and economic development around the world.

Topics include income, poverty, inequality, human development, geography, growth, impact evaluation, health, education, financial markets, trade, and gender inequality.

Analyzes four key elements of economic development: income, poverty, inequality, and human development.

Offers students an opportunity to understand the determinants of economic growth.

Focuses on major policy issues concerning health, education, credit, savings, gender differences, and globalization.

Studies which interventions worked and which did not.

Exposes students to readings and perspectives from several academic disciplines.

Emphasizes one unifying methodological theme: the usefulness of empirical economic tools in assessing the arguments presented in debates about development.

ECON 1291: Development Economics

Spring 2023 Semester

Fall 2022 Semester