ECO 511 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Section A: Development Macroeconomic Issues and Planning

1. Advance Theories of Economic Growth and Development
   • The Harrod-Domar model
   • The input-output technique and other aggregate models
2. Impact of Industrial, Commercial and Agricultural Policies
   • Import substitution
   • Export promotion
   • Foreign aid
   • Demonstration effects
3. The Choice of Planning Techniques in National Development Plans
   • Analysis of planning models used in Nigeria and other less-developed countries
   • Successes and failures
4. Planning Problems
   • Manpower demand and supply
   • Regional development

Section B: Development Microeconomic Issues and Survey Data Analysis

1. Introduction to Survey Data Analysis
   • Household surveys
   • Demographic and Health surveys
2. Poverty
   • Poverty as a multidimensional concept
   • Correlates of poverty
   • Measurement issues and survey data analysis
   • Poverty alleviation and targeting
3. Income Distribution
   • Inequality and measurement issues
   • Gini-coefficient and Lorenz curves
   • Generalised Lorenz curves
   • Generalized entropy index and decompositions
4. Analysis of Pro-Poor Growth