This course covers the fundamentals of economic growth and provides a general economic framework to help the participants understand the processes and pathways that can lead to sustainable development. Understanding these dynamics is an integral foundation to finding effective channels that can simultaneously address anti-growth strategies which lead to economic disparities between and within countries, while encouraging and reinforcing growth-promoting drivers. This introductory course targets early career researchers, PhD students, policymakers, government officials and other relevant civil servants from national and regional administrations.
Format and Schedule
The course took place over five days and consisted of lectures, discussions and practical sessions. Major topics that were covered in the course include:
- Introduction to Stata
- Economic growth and development theories
- Fundamentals of economic growth
- Institutions
Target participants
This course is best suited to Honours, Masters and PhD students in Economics or related fields and practitioners and government officials with at least a Honours Degree.
Instructor
Carolyn Chisadza is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Pretoria. She holds a BSc (Honours) in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe, and a BCom (Honours), MCom and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pretoria. Her courses include introduction to economic growth, as well as postgraduate economic development. Her research focusses on development issues related to economic growth, inequality, conflict and quality of institutions (i.e. gender, ethnic, democratic and historical) within Africa. Her research papers have appeared in top academic journals and peer reviewed edited books (https://sites.google.com/view/carolyn-chisadza/home).
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