This course gives students a systematic introduction to the characteristics and problems of developing countries. It also: surveys the main theories and models of growth and development; and examines a range of policy-related issues bearing on industrial and agricultural development, international trade, transport, technology, gender, the environment, structural `adjustment`, foreign aid, foreign investment, and demography. In all cases, the general significance of these issues is established first, and then possible relevance to the circumstances of the Pacific Islands is identified and discussed. In addition, certain topics of particular importance in the islands are examined in especial detail - notably environmental problems, population growth and migration, trade and aid issues in an era of deregulation, and the consequences of `smallness` for development in general and policy formulation in particular.
- Lecturer: Emalini Nakabea