Global Focus: Resources and Markets

Examines how emerging market economies and natural resource exporters pursue development in light of constraints. Emphasizes issues of environmental conservation and human rights and how emerging powers work to influence the rules of the game. Explores both the internal and external efforts toward liberalizing emerging market economies. Introduces issues of foreign direct investment (FDI), outsourcing/offshoring, the existence of informal/parallel markets, and recent trends of microfinance and remittances.

There are no current sections scheduled for this course. Course numbers changed beginning with the Fall 2009 term. Please make sure you are using the current course number.