Development Economics and International Development. Academic Program Description

A program that focuses on the systematic study of the economic development process and its application to the problems of specific countries and regions. Includes instruction in economic development theory, industrialization, land reform, infrastructural development, investment policy, the role of governments and business in development, international development organizations, and the study of social, health, and environmental influences on economic development.

Related Occupations

• Economics Teachers
• Economists

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Andrews University
• Arkansas State University-Main Campus
• Boston University
• Brandeis University
• Brown University
• Calvin College
• Cornell University
• Eastern Mennonite University
• George Washington University
• Georgia Southern University
• Gordon College
• Hope International University
• Point Loma Nazarene University
• Southern New Hampshire University
• University of California-Los Angeles
• University of Denver
• University of Iowa
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of Vermont
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Williams College
• Yale University