Development Economics focuses on studying topics related to the economy - society - environment - education - health - administration - institutions. These topics will be approached from a development perspective with the aim of helping learners find relevant policy analysis frameworks. This lays the groundwork for the analysis to find out development policy implications for developing countries such as Vietnam that face diverse challenges in the process of industrialization.
The course exposes learners to the main themes of development economics by exploring the policy implications of development theory from empirical research in developing countries in the globalization context.