This specialisation offers you the opportunity to follow a state-of-the-art curriculum in International Economics with a strong empirical and analytical focus on the low and middle income countries of the Global South.

International Economics and Development: Something for you?

• A broad perspective on issues pertaining to low and middle income countries
• Strong comparative and empirical orientation
• One of the world’s largest micro-level database for developing countries
• Small group teaching and close contact with professors and their research

What will you learn?

The Master’s specialisation International Economics and Development is theoretically unique in that we not only deal with the problems that poor countries face, but also with interesting new developments taking place in the Global South. We will discuss the rise of the BRIC countries, concentrating on both the potential they have as well as the challenges they face. We will also look at unique new economic phenomena within developing countries. Using recent theoretical insights and modern empirical methods, you will be actively involved in comparative research on issues in developing countries such as the impact of globalisation on economic growth, corruption, the education of children, child labour and women’s empowerment.