NYU Wagner offers a course focused on the economics of international development. The course explores how richer countries have achieved economic growth whilst poorer countries have had limited development over the past half-century. Students work to review the relationship between poverty, economic changes and inequality. Additional attention is paid to the role of international markets in global development and how policy alterations can increase education, reduce disease, tackle corruption and address population growth. Specific topics covered by the course syllabus include poverty and economic growth, foreign aid, responses to market failure, informal markets and access to finance, as well as coping with risks and micro-insurance. Additional topics include government failure and corruption, gender and discrimination and population and the demographic transition and norms.
To get enrolment and entry requirements for the course in Economics of international Development contact NYU Wagner directly.
Tuition fees at NYU Wagner are calculated per credit. A credit costs around 1,934 USD, and a semester costs around 12,000 to 24,000 USD. NYU Wager offers merit-based scholarships, loan forgiveness programmes and financial assistance to students.