Development Economics (Taught)

The MSc Development Economics is the flagship Master programme offered by the SOAS Economics Department. It combines the two core intellectual traditions nurtured for decades in our unique Department: a pluralist approach to economics and a focus on real-world development issues.

As pluralism in economics becomes more prominent and needed, you will find courses that offer either pluralism or development, but not both. If you are interested in understanding how the global economy works, what economic challenges and opportunities countries in the Global South face, and what to do about intensifying inequalities and ecological breakdown, the MSc Development Economics is for you.

Course Modules

Core modules: macroeconomics; microeconomics; growth and development; quantitative methods i; quantitative methods ii; dissertation. Optional modules: African economies 1: applied microeconomic analysis; African economies 2: applied macroeconomic analysis; applied economics of the Middle East 1; applied economics of the Middle East 2; economic development of South Asia a) the macroeconomy; economic development of South Asia b) major sectors and the international; economic development of the Asia Pacific region 1; economic development of the Asia Pacific region 2; economics of environment and development; financial systems and economic development; history of economic analysis; international economics 1; international economics 2; Marxist political economy and world development; political economy of agriculture and food; political economy of institutions; quantitative methods iii; theory of financial institutions and policy.