UCL - Socio-economic analysis of Africa

[DVLP2625]

[30h] 5 credits

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Analyze the main socio-economical pressures for Africa South of the Sahara and as a matter of fact in actual, recent and past history

Main themes

Following topics will be analyzed :
- Africa in the world geopolitics
- Dependency's mechanisms
- Africa and the sleeping partners
- The African debt
- From structural adjustment to political adjustment
- Enterprises and African entrepreneurship
- Informal sector
- Urban and rural Africa

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Course DVLP 1212 ou DVLP 1213 compulsory (or OPES2160/OPES2170).It is also advisable to have a basic knowledge on subsaharian Africa.

Either an oral examination or a research paper on one of the course's topics.

Contribution of Ph D. African students