DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY
Module
10th Batch
Master of Social Science (MSS) (Professional)
Subject: Economics
Session: January 2024
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MODULE: MSS (Professional) in Economics
Semester- I & Semester-II
Course ID
Name Of Course
Credit Points
ECOE601
Microeconomics
4
ECOE602
International Economics
4
ECOE603
Macroeconomics
4
ECOE604
Development Economics
4
ECOE605
Selected Issues in
Bangladesh Economy
4
ECOE606
Project Management and
Appraisal
4
ECOE607
Urban and Regional
Economics
4
ECOE608
Monitoring and Evaluation
4
ECOE609
Resource and
Environmental Economics
4
ECOE610
Research Methodology
4
ECOE611
Public Policy and
Governance
4
ECOE612
Money and Banking
4
ECOE613
Social Entrepreneurship
4
ECOE614
Population Economics
4
ECOE615
Econometric Theory and
Application
4
ECOE616
Thesis
3
ECOE617
Viva-Voce
2
2
Remarks
ourse
Code
ECOE605
Course Title
Selected Issues in
Bangladesh Economy
Distribution of Grading system marks
Class
1st Mid- 2nd MidCourse
Attendance/
Term
Term
final
Performance
10
10
10
70
Total
Marks
Total
Credit
100
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Course Content
1.
Overview of Bangladesh Economic Sectors: Economic and non-economic sectors in
Bangladesh, characteristics of Bangladesh Economy: natural resource: major economic natural
resources and region wise availability, power and energy resources of Bangladesh,
2.
Growth and Structural Change: Population growth, labor force and its distribution, GDP
growth and per capital income, structure and composition of GDP, macroeconomic changes since
independence.
3.
Agricultural Sector: Definition, structure and growth of agriculture and its importance in the
national economy, the resource base and the production organization, factors behind growth,
agricultural asset distribution, agricultural credit performance, co-operative strategies for
development, changes in agricultural policies, green revolution and its impact.
4.
Industrial Sector: Definition, structure and growth of industries, categories of industries: large,
small and cottage industries, comparison of different industries, the public and private sector,
experiences with nationalization, de-nationalization and privatization, growth performance of
RMG sector since independence, factors behind faster growth and factors of competitiveness of
RMG products in the global market.
5.
External Sector: Exports: growth and composition, imports: growth and composition, balance
of payments and foreign exchange reserves, trends of FDI inflow, role of FDI and influencing
factors of FDI inflow in Bangladesh, foreign aid and its classification, trends and nature of foreign
aid in Bangladesh, effectiveness of foreign aid in economic development of Bangladesh,
remittance: trends of inflow, source and its utilization in Bangladesh.
6.
Economic Planning: Seven five year plan, PRSP (Features, problems and effectiveness), social
safetynet program, Annual Development Program (ADP). Classification, characteristics, year wise
comparison and analysis. MDGs SDG and Bangladesh
REFERENCES
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A. R Khan: The strategy of development in Bangladesh, Memllan 1989.
Hossain, M: Green Revolution in Bangladesh. University press Limited, Dhaka. 1989.
M. Hossain and A. R Khan: Strategies for Economic Development of Bangladesh.
N. Islam: Development Planning in Bangladesh
Faaland & Parkinson: Bangladesh A test case of Development.
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