This course aims to provide students with an economic perspective on issues in international development related to food and nutrition, exploring the ways in which economic analysis can enhance understanding of processes of international development in the contemporary world with a particular focus on food and nutrition. Students are encouraged to consider critically an economic approach to the analysis of development issues related to food and nutrition, alongside the perspectives of other social science disciplines. Throughout the course, food and nutrition as development issues are considered in the global context, especially related to trade.
