Course abstract
This course engages the student with the much debated theories of growth versus development. The decades following liberalization and globalization have been a period of very high levels of economic inequality. With the focus on issues surrounding inequality, this course will introduce students to the major ideas and theories surrounding the often used and misused concepts of economic growth and economic development. With the help of major concepts used in growth and development economics, a student taking this course will be able to participate in the debate and understand the nuances surrounding the issue of economic development.
Course Instructor
Dr. Rajshree Bedamatta
Rajshree Bedamatta is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Her university training is in the discipline of Economics with specialization in Development Economics. She teaches and researches in the broad domains on Development Economics and Public Economics at IIT Guwahati. Her research is on agrarian markets with focus in the domains of food and nutrition, health and education.More info
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Course Duration : Aug-Sep 2018
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Enrollment : 18-Apr-2018 to 06-Aug-2018
Exam registration : 25-Jun-2018 to 28-Aug-2018
Exam Date : 07-Oct-2018
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1582
Registered
128
Certificate Eligible
96
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1
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0
Elite
70
Successfully completed
25
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5
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- Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
- Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
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