Development Economics

About this course

Development economics is the branch of economics concerned with understanding why some economies grow and prosper while others remain poor, and with the policies and institutions that can enable development that is sustainable, equitable, and human in its outcomes. It draws on the full toolkit of economic analysis while also engaging with questions of political economy, institutional design, gender, environmental sustainability, and the historical legacies of colonialism and unequal global power relations. It is a discipline with direct relevance to some of the most urgent questions in contemporary international policy. At the School of Oriental and African Studies, which has one of the country's leading economics departments specialising in growth and development as well as political economy and heterodox approaches to economics, this three-year programme offers a genuinely distinctive

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 0% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →

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