Development economics

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Development economics - introduction
2. 4.1 Economic development (notes)
3. 4.1 Economic development (questions)
4. 4.2 Measuring Economic Development (notes)
5. 4.2 Measuring development (questions)
6. 4.3 The role of domestic factors in economic development (notes)
   1. Domestic factors - introduction
   2. An introduction to Tanzania
   3. Education
   4. Primary, secondary or tertiary education?
   5. A dependent population
   6. Tanzanian database
   7. Exploring education in Tanzania - data
   8. Exploring education in Tanzania - Maua and Namyani (video)
   9. Exploring education in Tanzania - lost dreams
   10. Exploring education in Tanzania - reflection
   11. Exploring health in Tanzania - data
   12. Exploring health in Tanzania - videos
   13. Exploring health in Tanzania - living with HIV
   14. Exploring health in Tanzania - reflection
   15. Use of appropriate technology
   16. Technology - sawdust stoves and clean water (videos)
   17. Technology - building good roads
   18. Use of appropriate technology - reflection
   19. Access to credit and micro credit
   20. Microcredit in the community (videos)
   21. Microcredit in the news
   22. Microcredit - reflection
   23. The origins of microcredit
   24. What are the pros and cons of microcredit?
   25. Empowerment of women
   26. Issues relating to empowerment of women (video)
   27. Empowerment - in the news
   28. Empowerment - reflection
   29. Income distribution
   30. Lorenz curve and Gini Coefficient
   31. Income distribution - Tanzania
   32. Income distribution - case studies
   33. Income distribution - reflection
   34. Building a development database (part 7)
7. 4.3 The role of domestic factors in economic development (questions)
8. 4.4 The role of international trade (notes)
9. 4.4 The role of international trade (questions)
10. 4.5 The role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) (notes)
11. 4.5 The role of foreign direct investment (questions)
12. 4.6 The role of foreign aid and multilaterial development assistance (notes)
13. 4.6 The role of foreign aid and multilateral development assistance (questions)
14. 4.7 The role of international debt (notes)
15. 4.7 The role of international debt (questions)
16. 4.8 The balance between markets and intervention (notes)
17. 4.8 The balance between markets and intervention (questions)
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The origins of microcredit

Professor Mohammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help people in poverty establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Professor Mohammad Yunus and the Grameen bank were awarded the Nobel Peace prize for "... their efforts to create economic and social development from below".