Development Economics and Emerging Markets

Build the skills crucial to your interests and career ambitions in development economics. You'll join a vibrant Development Economics and Emerging Markets program from University of York which provides a structured transition to independent research.

The Development Economics and Emerging Markets degree delivered by the University of York provides the essential research training you'll need for a career in economics and development. It is an ideal basis for a career in a government or non-government organisation at the international and national level, or for progression to a PhD.

Quick Facts:

• Taught by leading researchers in the field, you'll gain a sound training in best practice methods of theory and applications in development economics with special emphasis on emerging market economies. You'll also have the opportunity to follow specialist pathways in topics including finance and health.

You'll gain the skills you need to work in a variety of organisations:

• Universities
• International financial institutions (eg World Bank, IMF, UN organisations)
• Government organisations (eg the UK's Department for International Development)
• NGO sector
• Consultancies

Courses include:

• Emerging Market Macroeconomics

• Development Economics: Theory and Evidence

• Either Advanced Microeconomics or Applied Microeconomics plus Applied Microeconomics

• International Macroeconomics

• Econometrics or Statistics and Econometrics or Econometrics and Applied Microeconometrics

• Applied Microeconometrics