ECON2111 Introduction to Economic Development (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.2/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON2111 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 经济发展导论
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Extreme poverty remains one of the central challenges in economic development. This course explores the causes and correlates of global poverty and investigates policies designed to improve welfare in developing countries.
ECON2111 has 7 scored reviews: overall 4.2/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.2/5).
On Reddit: "Here are some courses I do recommend: ECON2111 - Intro to econ development, a very chill course in general, chill LIC and assignments. But the content is not very useful ECON2209 - Business forecasting, a very interesting course with very useful knowledge about R. Involve a lot …"
On Reddit: "Super cruisey, very interesting content- Dr Yousaf is an amazing guy. Difficulty is 1/10 very low effort high reward in terms of what you learn and the mark you get"
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Q: Is ECON2111 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: overall 4.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON2111, and when is it offered?
A: ECON2111 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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