GLOBAL ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE (2 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Identify The elements that structure global economic architecture; Illustrate The interaction between actors within global economic context; Analyze Strategic issues and empirical cases that influence global economic architecture.

Topics:

1. Introduction to global economic architecture: Structuring the Order;
2. The political economy of world trading system;
3. The political economy of world monetary system;
4. North-South-South Relations;
5. Western hegemony in economic order;
6. Japan and the new industrialised countries;
7. The Asian Miracles;
8. The political economy of regionalism;
9. Global financial crisis;
10. The Rise of BRICS;
11. The Development Agenda;
12. China and the Furure;
13. Economic Discussion Forums.