बी.ए. (V सेमेस्टर)
अर्थशास्त्र
प्रश्नपत्र - I
आर्थिक वृद्धि एवं विकास
B.A. (V Semester): Economics -
Paper: I
Economic Growth and Development

SYLLABUS

Unit I

Meaning and Measurement of Economic Growth and Development- Measuring Development and Development Gap, GDP, GNP, Per Capita Income, Factors affecting Economic growth and Development..

Unit II

Concept of Poverty and Inequality, Vicious cycle of poverty, Lorenz Curve, Gini Coefficient Concept of Human Development, Human Development Index, Physical Quality of Life Index, Quality of Life Indices. Hunger Index, Happiness Index, Development and Sustainability. Concept of Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development goals.

Unit III

Lewis model of labour surplus economy, Rosentein -Rodan's theory of Big Push, Nelson's Level equilibrium trap, balanced vs Un-balanced growth, Rostow's stages of growth, Harrod and Domar Growth models..

Unit IV

Theory of Demographic Transition, Population as Limits to Growth. The Concept of Inclusive Growth- with Reference to India. Market Failure and Government Failure, Food Security, Education, Health and Nutrition, Gender and Development.

Unit V

Development & Underdevelopment: an Overview; The Characteristics and Explanations Of Underdevelopment- Vicious Circle of Poverty, Circular Causation, Dualism-Social, Technological, Financial, Organizational, Model of Dual Economy, Lewis, Ranis-Fei, Jorgenson, Dependency Theories of Underdevelopment.

Unit VI

Models of Technical Progress, Embodied and Disembodied Technical Progress, Neutral Technical Progress- Hicks, Harrod, Solow, Kaldor, Mirrlees Technical Progress Function, Arrow's Learning by Doing Approach to Economic Growth.

Unit VII

Accumulation Endogenous growth, Intellectual capital, Role of Learning, Education and Research, Explanations of Cross country Differentials in Economic Growth, Information Paradigm-Stiglitz

Unit VIII

International Trade, Aid and Finance in the Development of Developing Countries-with special reference to India. FDI & FII, Role of Technology Transfer and Multinational Corporations in promoting development in development of developing countries-with Special Reference to India.

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