The course is aimed at students from non-economics background who are interested in the economic and socio-political developments of Asia.
This course aims to equip students with the necessary economics to understand how the Asian region has grown to become the economic engine of the 21st century and contemporary economic issues of key countries in the region. The course pays close attention to human development, demographic trends, and poverty and inequality issues and their relation to economic growth.
The course covers topics such as concepts and measurements of economic growth and development, international dimensions of national development, data sources, trends and patterns of economic performance of key Asian economies from a comparative perspective within the global context, and Australia’s evolving economic relations with the region. It will also assess policy reforms, structural changes and growth and equity records of China, India, Taiwan, Korea, and the countries in Southeast Asia.
The course will provide students with the analytical skills to understand key economic developments in and prospects for the Asia-Pacific region.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:1. Comprehend how economic growth occurs and how such growth interacts with indicators of human development.
2. Understand the economic growth and development performance of key countries in Asia and why the center of gravity of the world economy has moved to Asia.
3. Acquire in-depth knowledge of the recent economic performance and prospects of the countries/ country groupings studied in this course.
4. Understand the approach to economic development taken by these countries and why there were course corrections or full scale overhauls of policy.
5. Analyse human development and other challenges being faced by these countries.
6. Assess the economic prospects for these countries in the short to medium runs.
Other Information
This course is developed and offered by members of the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
Indicative Assessment
Three assignments @ 10 % each; mid-term examination @ 25 %; Final examination @ 45 %.In response to COVID-19: Please note that Semester 2 Class Summary information (available under the classes tab) is as up to date as possible. Changes to Class Summaries not captured by this publication will be available to enrolled students via Wattle.
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Workload
About 10 hours a week including class, tutorial and study times.Prescribed Texts
1. East Asian Development: Foundations and Strategies by Dwight Perkins, Harvard University Press, 2013.2. Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics, Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Routledge 2011.
3. India: The Emerging Giant, Arvind Panagariya, Oxford University Press, 2008.
Preliminary Reading
Introductory Chapter from the latest World Development Report of the World Bank.Select chapters from the three books cited above plus about 3 or 4 papers in journals/edited books to be identified well in advance of the beginning of the course.
Assumed Knowledge
Basic analytical skills including simple algebraic operations and understanding of graphs, pie charts and histograms.Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $4320 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $5760 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8068 | 27 Jul 2020 | 03 Aug 2020 | 31 Aug 2020 | 30 Oct 2020 | In Person | View |