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FOR INFORMATION 

Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of December 1, 

1981, 

the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved change 

in credit hours and in vector for ECON 

355-5 

Economic Development 

(3-2-0) to ECON 

355-4 (3-1-0). 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies on 

December 1,, 1981, gives rise to the following motion:- 

MOTION: - 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board 

of Governors, as set forth in 

S.82-(o , the proposed flew 

course ECON 

4553 - 

Seminar on Economic Development." 

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Change 

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1981-11-2........................................ 

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of November 19,? 

approved the following changes to the curriculum of the Department of Economics: 

1.

That the credit hours and vector of ECON 355-5 Economic Development 

(3-2-0) be changed to ECON 355-4 Economic Development (3-1-0), 

2.

That the new course ECON 455-3 

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Seminar on Economic Development be 

added to the Department's permanent course offerings. 

Will you please put these changes on the agenda of S.C.U.S. 

Thank you. ? 

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S. Roberts 

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CURRICULUM CHANGES 

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS 

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267 ECON 355 

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CHANGE OF CREDIT HOURS AND VECTOR 

FROM: ECON355-5 

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3-2-0 

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ECON 355-4 ? 

3-1-0 

RATIONALE: Material covered will be modified accordingly. 

The course will be easier to schedule and can be taught 

more effectively. 

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ECON 455-3 Topics in Economic Development SEE APPENDIX A 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

Calendar Information ? 

Department ? 

Economics 

Abbreviation Code: ECON 

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Course Number: 

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455 ? 

Credit Hours: 3 Vector: 0-3-0 

Title of Course: Seminar on Economic Development 

Calendar Description of Course: 

Topics in economic development 

Nature of Course Seminar 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

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ECON 3554 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: ? 

None 

2. Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? 

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Once a year 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 1983-1 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? 

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M. Khan, K. Okuda 

Objectives of the Course 

To cover selected topics in economic development in much 

greater depth than is possible in ECON 355 

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

None 

Staff 

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None 

Library 

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None 

Audio Visual None 

Space 

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None 

Equipment ? 

None 

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Approval 

Date 

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3 November 1981 ? 

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0 rnt Chairman ? 

Dean ? 

thairman, SCUS 

SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions s 

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u.rz.tiuum SCUS 73-34a. 

Attach course outline). 

Arts 78-3 

ECONOMICS 455 

Course Outline 

Among the possible topics which will be covered in the seminar are: 

Development Theory 

Agricultural and Rural Development 

Development Planning 

The Role of Foreign Aid and Investment 

International Commodity Agreements 

The New International Economic Order 

Project Analysis 

Selected reading lists for some of the possible topics are given below: 

1.

Agriculture and Rural Development 

R.A. Berry and W.R. dine. 1979. Agrarian Structure and Productivity 

in Developing Countries. Selected Chapters. 

K. Griffin. 1974. The Political Economy of Agrarian Change: An Essay 

on the Green Revolution. Selected Chapters. 

D. Lehman. 1978.. "The Death of Land Reform: A Polemic." World 

Development. 6: 339-45. 

M. Lipton. 1974. "Towards a Theory of Land Reform." in D. Lehman (Ed.). 

Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Reformism. 

M. Lipton. 1977. Why Poor People Stay Poor. Selected Chapters. 

M. Lipton. 1978. "Inter-Farm, Inter-Regional and Farm-Non-Farm Income 

Distribution: The Impact of New Cereal Varieties," World Development. 

6:319-37. 

J. Mellor. 19 

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73. "Accelerated Growth in Agriculture and Inter-Sectoral 

Transfer of Resources." Economic Development and Cultural Change. 22:1-16. 

J. Mellor. 1978. "Food Price Policy and Income Distribution in Low- 

Income Countries." Economic Development and Cultural Change. 27:1-26. 

T.T. Poleman. 1977. "World Food: Myth and Reality." World Develop- 

ment. 5:383-94. 

P.A. Yotopoulos and J.B. Nugent.. 1976. Economics of Development: 

Empirical Investigations. Chapter 12. 

2. Development Theory 

H. Brookfield. 1975. Interdependent Development. Chapter 3. 

J.C.H. Fei and C. Ranis. 1964. Development of the Labor Surplus 

Economy: Theory and Policy. Chapter 1 to 6. 

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J.C.H. Fei and G. Ranis. 1966. "Agrarianism, Dualism and Economic 

Development," in The Theory and Design of Economic Development. Edited 

by I. Adelman and E. Thorbecke. pp.3-43. 

D.W. Jorgensen. 1961. "The Development of a Dual Economy." Economic 

Journal. 71:309-34. 

D.W. Jorgensen. 1966. "Testing Alternative Theories of the Develop- 

ment of a Dual Economy," in The Theory and Design of Economic Development. 

Edited by I. Adelman and E. Thorbecke. 

pp.

45-60. 

D.W. Jorgensen. 1967. "Surplus Agricultural Labor and the Develop- 

ment of a Dual Economy." Oxford Economic Papers. 19:281-306. 

W.A. Lewis. 1954. "Economic Development With Unlimited Supply of 

Labour." The Manchester School. 22:139-91. 

W.A. Lewis. 1958. "Unlimited Labour: Further Notes." The Manchester 

School. 26:1-32. 

A.K. Sen. 1966. "Peasants and Dualism With or Without Surplus Labor." 

Journal of Policital Economy. 74:425-50. 

J.

Weeks. 1971. "The Political Economy of Labor Transfer." Science 

and Society. 35:463-80. 

3. Foreign Aid and Investment 

K.

Areskong. 1976. "Private Foreign Investment and Capital Formation 

in Developing Countries." Economic Development and Cultural Change. 

24:539-47. 

A.G. Blomquist. 1976. "Empirical Evidence on the Two Gap Hypothesis." 

Journal of Development Economics. 3:181-93. 

H.B. chenery and A. Strout. 1966. "Foreign Assistance and Economic 

Development." American Economic Review. 56:680-733. 

H.B. Chenery and N.G. Carter. 1973. "Foreign Assistance and Develop- 

ment Performance, 1960-1970." American Economic Review. 63:459-68. 

D.C. Dacy. 1975. "Foreign Aid, Government Consumption, Saving and 

Growth in Less Developed Countries." Economic Journal. 85:548-61. 

K. Griffin and J.L. Enos. 1970. "Foreign Assistance: Objectives and 

Consequences." Economic Development and Cultural change. 18:313-27. 

J.A. Holsen. 1979. "Notes on the 'LDC Debt Problen'." World Develop- 

ment. 7:145-59. 

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H. Hughes. 1979. "Debt and Development: The Role of Foreign Capital 

in Economic Growth." World Development. 7:95-112. 

G. Papenek. 1973. "Aid, Foreign Private Investment, Savings and 

Growth in Less Developed Courtries." Journal of Political Economy. 

81:120-30. 

L.B. Pearson and others. Editors. 1969. Partners in Development. 

Selected Chapters. 

G.L. Reuher. 1973. Private Foreign Investment in Development. 

Chapters 1, 2, 6 and Appendix A. 

J. des la Torre. 1974. "Foreign Investment and Export Dependency." 

Economic Development and Cultural Change. 23:133-50. 

T. Weisskopf. 1972. "The Impact of Foreign Capital Inflow on 

Domestic Savings in Underdeveloped Countries." Journal of International 

Economics. 2:25-38. 

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