Discover the problems that face the developing world through a variety of perspectives. The University of Essex MA International Development explores the most pressing issues in international development throughout a range of social scientific standpoints. The Department of Economics, Department of Government, Department of Sociology and Essex Business School, have joined forces to create a truly interdisciplinary course focusing on all aspects related to international development.

This course teaches the essentials of economics and politics, building a very good grounding to analyze the problems in international development. Approaching similar issues from different perspectives provides a more well-rounded and integrative view of the field. Students are then able to explore a set of selected topics in international development in order to hone their skills on the subject matter, or build up more statistical techniques.