SP30278: Development finance
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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On completion of the unit, students should be able to demonstrate: the ability to apply tools of economic analysis to issues associated with development finance; an understanding of the operational aspects of diverse development finance instruments and their welfare implications. |
Aims: | To introduce the various channels and associated problems in making finance available to relatively poor people and countries.
To illustrate the functioning of some of these channels by exploring the institutional and incentive structure To explore concepts and theories relevant to understanding institutions and instruments for moving money between independent agencies with more than purely commercial intent. |
Skills: | Ability to apply analytical tools and theoretical ideas to real issues.
Ability to critically read specialist articles in this area. Ability to conduct preliminary research on selected topics and present the results in a succinct and coherent manner. |
Content: | Definition of development finance. Rational choice and institutional theories of development finance applied to specific agencies and complex systems. Evaluation of development finance impact. Microfinance. Social protection. Remittances and gift giving. Financial sector development. Business sector development. Sovereign finance and direct foreign investment. Official aid. Finance and alternative development. Humanitarian assistance. Climate finance.); Indicative text. Stephen Spratt (2010) Development Finance: debates, dogmas and new directions (Routledge). |
Course availability: |
SP30278 is Compulsory on the following courses:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
SP30278 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Economics
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