
Economics 492d (3/6) The Economics of Sustainable Development: Communities, Markets and Technology January October, 2018 (Draft some readings and assignments may change prior to the commencement of class). This book highlights methodological approaches for the economics of sustainable development and brings together recent empirical work done in India, especially Dr. Surender Kumar and Dr. Shunsuke Managi. Various chapters in this book use Indian data to show the very wide applicability of The New Economics of Sustainable Development Introduction and Executive Summary 2 the mainstream perspective. For example, it emphasises the need, as part of the shift to sustainable development, to move: away from a state-centred or business-centred economic system, towards a more people-centred system, and The different modules in the Masters program seek to establish a coherent overview of sustainable development issues, to convey a scientific culture (economics, energy, analysis of key sectors such as transportation, agriculture, industry), to implement mathematical modelling tools (statistics, economics, optimization) and define their scope of ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Friedrich Hinterberger Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria Fred Luks Hamburg School of Economics and Policy, Germany Marcus Stewen Deutsche Gesellschaft f