Research Essay

2 - Written assignment (including essay) - 70

Group Presentation

1 - Oral assessment and presentation - 30

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This module looks at finance in the Global South, from the BRICS to Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes issues such as: how economic development is financed, how finance relates to economic growth capital accumulation, policies of financial repression and liberalisation, external debt sustainability and restructuring, financial crises and instability, the politics of financial statecraft, and the policies of financial inclusion. To explore these themes, it employs a pluralist range of political economy theories and concepts.

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

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 IP3074 - Finance in the Global South

This module will help you learn through a combination of lectures and interactive classes with a strong emphasis on students' presentations and class exercises, including group work and discussion. A wide range of resources will be available to support your learning, such as books and journal articles, online sources, documents and audio-visual sources. 
You are expected to undertake extensive reading and independent study: (1) to understand the topics covered in the course; (2) to broaden and deepen your knowledge of the subject; and (3) to develop your own evidence-based positions on debates and questions in the context of finance in the global South.
You will have an opportunity to ask questions about course materials, lectures and class discussion. You will also receive feedback on your coursework to help you reflect on the strengths of your work and how you can improve.

Finance in the Global South

Apply pluralist political economy theories to analyse real-world financial challenges in developing country contexts.

Skills

Demonstrate knowledge of key policy debates about global finance and development

Knowledge

Source, interpret, and use key macro-financial data to describe and critically assess the structure and vulnerabilities of financial systems in the Global South.

Recognise the political and ethical dimensions of financial policies, including issues of sovereignty, inequality, and social justice in development finance.

Values and attitudes

Clearly and persuasively communicate complex theories and policy debates on finance and economic development in the Global South

Identify the historical and structural factors that have shaped the distinct evolution of financial systems in the Global South.

Collaborate effectively in a group to investigate and present on challenges in the global financial system as they affect developing countries

Construct evidence-based arguments on the governance and regulation of finance, using case studies from regions such as the BRICS and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Reflect on and effectively manage learning, making use of constructive feedback to improve understanding and performance.

Appreciate the diversity of perspectives, structures, and historical experiences about finance across the Global South.

Critically evaluate competing theoretical perspectives on the role of finance in economic development, capital accumulation, and inequality within Global South contexts.

Analyse the causes, consequences, and policy responses to financial crises, debt distress, and instability in emerging and developing economies.