This week’s topics
Categorisation and Status of Developing Nations
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- Core-periphery dynamics in tourism
- Emerging economy transitions
- The Middle Income Trap
- Development Economics Introduction
- Developing Countries Are Ready for New Tech: Indermit Gill, Former World Bank Chief Economist
What you will be able to do
- 1.2 Differentiate the status of developing countries using theories of international development.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: differentiate the status of developing countries using theories of international development.
Study materials
Videos
- The Middle Income Trap · YouTube · Marginal Revolution University · 5 min · for registered students
- Development Economics Introduction · YouTube · Marginal Revolution University · 3 min · for registered students
- Developing Countries Are Ready for New Tech: Indermit Gill, Former World Bank Chief Economist · YouTube · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 12 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Human Development Index data centre (UNDP) · Reading · Un, report · for registered students
- Tourism for Development: 20 Reasons Sustainable Tourism Counts for Development (World Bank Group, 2017) · Reading · Other, report · for registered students
- Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 6: Why develop tourism? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 130–149 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
