该课程适合非经济学背景的学生
This programme is suited to students from a non-economics background, and will provide you with a solid grounding in policy analysis for economic growth and development, and for combatting poverty. You will develop significant quantitative skills and economic knowledge to address contemporary issues in development, equipping you for an internationally oriented career focused on developing countries. The Masters in Development Studies will provide you with a good understanding of: the main social and developmental problems facing less developed countries possible policy responses to developmental issues, with an emphasis on human capital, environment, international trade, and market liberalisation the measurement, evolution, causes and consequences of inequality and poverty policies for combating poverty the effect of foreign capital flows on development: foreign direct investment and foreign aid You will be taught by experts in the field, many of whom have worked with international and government organisations such as the IMF, World Bank, and central banks. This programme provides the empirical tools, data, and STATA software training that will enable students to investigate economic development and to prepare an independent empirical analysis.