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Content:

This module听provides a systematic analysis of the notions of industrialisation and infrastructure-creation and maintenance in development. For several decades, export-led industrial development has been heralded as the pathway out of poverty. In hindsight it has become clear that the relationship between economic growth and development is not straightforward; industrialisation and the subsequent economic growth can be inclusive and environmentally sustainable, but it can also exacerbate inequalities and environmental degradation. At the same time, infrastructure provision and maintenance offer an essential platform for social and economic development. How can nations, cities and regions develop such an enabling platform for inclusive, ecological, and circular regional and national development?

The module examines:

1.听听听 The role played by infrastructure in local and regional economic dynamics, politics, and livelihoods, highlighting how government policies, the market and technology interact to produce development outcomes (some of which may benefit some more than others).

2.听听听 Theories of industrial development at different scales to better understand the challenges people and places face considering current power structures across international value-chains, and how business-civic and community leaders can draw from sound economic and industrial development theory to engage in inclusive, ecological, and circular urban and regional development policy and governance.听

By focusing on industrialisation and infrastructure, the module looks in detail at some of the forces that help shape national and regional development. These two elements of the development process often stand at the centre of national and local government policies, an issue examined from both a theoretical and an empirical viewpoint.听

Teaching delivery:

This module takes place in Term 2 and represents 150 hours of student learning time, which includes lectures, seminars, private reading, and discussion/group work. An assignment is submitted at the start of term three. The module comprises nine weekly teaching units, composed of face-to-face encounters on campus supported by readings. All sessions of the module are two hours long and most are divided into two parts. The first part comprises group presentations based on core readings and other supporting material, tutor feedback and a general discussion. The other part usually involves a lecture by the module tutor.

The module is assessed by an individual essay of 2,500 words, to account for 100% of the assessment of the module. Students may choose the topic of their group seminar presentation to build on for the individual essay.

Indicative topics:

Based on module content in 2023/24, topics covered include: international trade and global value chains; industrial policy and foreign direct investment; the spatial dimensions of industrialisation; the informal sector and the social dimensions of industrialisation; the political economy of infrastructure service provision, finance and regulation; small-scale infrastructure service suppliers and the poor; rural and urban transport; information and communications technology and development.

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Module aims:

By the end of this module participants will have gained:

• A solid grounding in theories of economic development.
• An understanding of how different governance frameworks as applied to infrastructure and industrial development can influence poverty levels, inequality, and economic growth.
• Knowledge about the links between livelihoods, industrialisation, and infrastructure.
• The ability to understand the changing nature of specific policy approaches to industrialisation and infrastructure creation and their economic, social, and environmental implications at the national, regional and local levels in developing countries, with a focus on developing inclusive, ecological, and circular regional economies.

Selection of recommended readings:

On industrialization:

Circle Economy, 2021, 鈥淭he Circularity Gap Report 2021鈥�, Circle Economy Reports.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2016, 鈥淐ircular Economy in India: Rethinking growth for long-term prosperity鈥�, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Publications.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2021, 鈥淐ircular business models: Redefining growth for a thriving fashion industry鈥�, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

ICLE-ACEN, 2020, 鈥淐ircular cities in Africa. A reflection piece by Africans about Africa鈥�, ICLEI and ACEN, published Draft for Discussion, 22 November.

Lunn-Rockliffe, S., Davies, M.I., Willman, A., Moore, H.L., McGlade, J.M. and Bent, D., 2020, Farmer Led Regenerative Agriculture for Africa, 果冻影院 Institute for Global Prosperity, London, ISBN: 978-1-913041-10-6.

On infrastructure:

Fay, M. et al., 2019, 鈥淗itting the trillion mark: A look at how much countries are spending in infrastructure鈥�, World Bank Working Research Paper No. 8730, The World Bank, Washington DC.

Keatman, T., 2017, 鈥淏usiness incentives and models for sanitation entrepreneurs to provide services to the urban poor in Africa鈥�, in Bell, S., A. Allen, P. Hofmann and T. Teh (editors), Urban Water Trajectories, Springer International Publishing, pp. 119-132.

Merna, Tony and Faisal F Al-Thani, 2018, Financing Infrastructure Projects. A Practical Guide, 2nd edition, ICE Publishing, London.

Moszoro, M., 2021, 鈥淭he direct employment impact of public investment鈥�, International Monetary Fund Working Paper No. 2021/131.

Timilsina, Govinda et al., 2020, 鈥淚nfrastructure, economic growth, and poverty鈥�, World Bank Working Research Paper No. 9258, The World Bank, Washington DC.

Van Welie, M. J., B. Truffer and H. Gebauer, 2019, 鈥淚nnovation challenges of utilities in informal settlements: Combining a capabilities and regime perspective鈥�, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

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