Ethiopian Civil Service University
College of Leadership and Governance
School of Diplomacy and International Relations
Comparative Political Economy (DIR5031) – 8 ECTS/4.8 cr.hr
Bayisa Tesfaye (PhD)
October 2023
, Course Description
This course focuses on the inter-relationship between politics and economic develo
a comprehensive and comparative approach. It will examine both how socio-politic
influence poverty and economic growth, and how economic factors, in turn, shape the
trajectories of developing nations.
A central question the course will try to address: why have some parts of the de
world succeeded at development while others have not?
Whereas East Asia has been viewed as economically successful, Sub-Saharan Afric
as often been treated as a failure. Latin America and South Asia are commonly per
mixed bag of success and failure. While defining what success or failure mean, and q
this assessment as necessary, the course focuses on how best to understand such varia
, Description...
It examines the main contending explanations of developmental success and fai
generally pointing to varying roles of states and the importance of markets.
The course also addresses an important issue of what kind of developme
Ethiopia is taking and what strategies it adopts in light of the comparison made.
Generally, the course surveys classical and contemporary theories of politi
economic development ranging from neoclassical to structural to recent endo
growth theories related to the concept of developmental state; and exami
relationship between political and economic change in Ethiopia based on its appr
democratic developmental state, other selected countries as well as global pattern
, Course Objective
Upon the successful completion of this module, the student is able to:
• Describe the concept of comparative political economy from historical perspe
• Explain the development of the mainstream development policy at national a
international levels,
• Analyse the main contending explanations of developmental success and fail
• Appraise Ethiopia’s political and developmental path in light of the political
economy of development elsewhere in the world,
• Apply the theoretical and practical knowledge of political economy of develo
to Ethiopia’s development path.
College of Leadership and Governance
School of Diplomacy and International Relations
Comparative Political Economy (DIR5031) – 8 ECTS/4.8 cr.hr
Bayisa Tesfaye (PhD)
October 2023
, Course Description
This course focuses on the inter-relationship between politics and economic develo
a comprehensive and comparative approach. It will examine both how socio-politic
influence poverty and economic growth, and how economic factors, in turn, shape the
trajectories of developing nations.
A central question the course will try to address: why have some parts of the de
world succeeded at development while others have not?
Whereas East Asia has been viewed as economically successful, Sub-Saharan Afric
as often been treated as a failure. Latin America and South Asia are commonly per
mixed bag of success and failure. While defining what success or failure mean, and q
this assessment as necessary, the course focuses on how best to understand such varia
, Description...
It examines the main contending explanations of developmental success and fai
generally pointing to varying roles of states and the importance of markets.
The course also addresses an important issue of what kind of developme
Ethiopia is taking and what strategies it adopts in light of the comparison made.
Generally, the course surveys classical and contemporary theories of politi
economic development ranging from neoclassical to structural to recent endo
growth theories related to the concept of developmental state; and exami
relationship between political and economic change in Ethiopia based on its appr
democratic developmental state, other selected countries as well as global pattern
, Course Objective
Upon the successful completion of this module, the student is able to:
• Describe the concept of comparative political economy from historical perspe
• Explain the development of the mainstream development policy at national a
international levels,
• Analyse the main contending explanations of developmental success and fail
• Appraise Ethiopia’s political and developmental path in light of the political
economy of development elsewhere in the world,
• Apply the theoretical and practical knowledge of political economy of develo
to Ethiopia’s development path.
