Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments)

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.  For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration .

This unit is organized through 2-hour lectures (1 hour recorded lecture and 1 hour in person) and 1 hour tutorials. We will meet every Tuesday morning for two hours (1 hour in person lecture and 1 hour tutorial). 

Students must engage with the 1 hour recorded lectures weekly so they can participate in the in-person weekly meetings. These meetings will provide opportunities to review the weekly lecture, posted as one-hour recorded lecture, and a set of lecture slides. In order to facilitate this discussion and the group work, you are asked to review the recorded lecture, the weekly slides and the essential readings before coming to class.

Apart from reviewing the key concepts, theories and issues discussed in the recorded lecture and slides, we will have opportunities to learn together through group work and class discussion. Because of the centrality of in-class discussion and participation, the successful completion of this unit requires attendance of at least 80% of all meetings (lectures and tutorials). 

Resources students will use in this unit comprise journal articles and book chapters about the weekly topics. The unit does not require a textbook, but references to useful textbooks for specific topics will be provided to assist students' learning.

Purpose of ECON3036

This unit provides an understanding of the theory and practice of development economics, and takes an in-depth and critical analysis of the different explanations and ways to foster economic development. The unit focuses on understanding economic development and its impact on societal change through the transformation of the labour markets in low and middle-income countries and global modes of production. ECON3036 will aim to a critical understanding of how institutions and policy initiatives can contribute to marry economic and social development. 

ECON3036 is organized in three parts.

Part I, from week 1 to week 5 included, provides some theoretical insights and broad historical/institutional elements to critically discuss the economic development. The topics are

• Week 1: The concept of development and its goals

• Week 2: Growth, income distribution and poverty

• Week 3: Economic Development in Theory

• Week 4: Growth, population and the environment

• Week 5: Compressed Development

Part II, from week 6 to week 11 included will critically discuss the complex relationship between economic development and social development by focusing on the transformations of the labour markets in the context of development and how these transformations affect workers. The topics are:

• Week 6: Labour Markets in the Context of Development

• Week 7: Segmented labour markets

• Week 9: Segmentation of the Labour Markets and the Informal Sector

• Week 10 : Technology Change as a Driver to Development

• Week 11: Technology Change and the Labour Markets

Part III focuses on institutional development and includes week 12 and week 13. The topics are:

• Week 12: Labour standards, policies and institutions for development

• Week 13: Policies for development