Leading Issues in Economics
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The elective will acquaint students with the principal issues and
debates in the international and Indian economy. These include economic
globalisation and its implications for international inequality; the
role of international institutions like the International Monetary Fund,
the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation in the current context;
the factors that explain the liberalisation wave in the less developed
world in general and India in particular; the redefinition of the
economic role of the state in the new context, and its consequences in
the form of the new monetarism and privatisation; and the implications
of these developments for growth, poverty, and the quality of life in
India and elsewhere.
Students will be familiarised with the essential identities used in macroeconomic studies and the basic concepts underlying national income, and budgetary and balance of payments analysis. Selected issues at a sectoral level such as the impact of trade liberalisation, the effect of land ownership structures on the nature of agricultural growth, and the effect of economic reform on food security will also be discussed.
Students will be exposed to the principal data sources on the Indian and world economy, to simple statistical techniques used in the analysis of such data, and to the essential elements of the theories that underlie contemporary policy debates.
Students will be familiarised with the essential identities used in macroeconomic studies and the basic concepts underlying national income, and budgetary and balance of payments analysis. Selected issues at a sectoral level such as the impact of trade liberalisation, the effect of land ownership structures on the nature of agricultural growth, and the effect of economic reform on food security will also be discussed.
Students will be exposed to the principal data sources on the Indian and world economy, to simple statistical techniques used in the analysis of such data, and to the essential elements of the theories that underlie contemporary policy debates.
Leading Issues in Economics
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