Write short essays on any two of the following
Each of the two essays should be a maximum of 1200 words

Your essays should show familiarity with the relevant literature, wider reading, knowledge of the real world usefulness of the material discussed (this should be supported by the use of a case study or case studies) and a well-argued
view of your own.

Your essays should be properly cited and include a full and correctly formatted bibliographies. (Bibliographies and footnotes need not count in the word count).

1. Outline and critically evaluate the arguments economists have made about a development strategy that prioritises the satisfaction of basic needs.
2. Outline and critically evaluate the arguments economists have made about the relationships between inequality and development.
3. Outline and critically evaluate noted “stages” theories of development and growth.
4. Outline and critically evaluate the argument that the industrial sector has acted, or should act, as the engine of development.
5. Outline and critically evaluate Thirlwall’s views on economists’ theories of economic growth and their use for understanding the development process.
6. Outline and critically evaluate the argument that the agricultural sector has acted, or should act, as the engine of development.
7. Outline and critically evaluate the major points made by W.A. Lewis’s (1954) article Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour, Manchester School, May.