This course introduces theories of economic growth and development applied to varying economic and social systems. Current theoretical models and their relevance to efficient allocation of resources to both the developed and the developing nations are focused. The course presents a synthesis of development economics and growth Theory. Students will learn the recent contributions to our understanding of economic growth from the fields of economic history and the new institutional economics. Students gain analysis of recent advances in growth theory with a unified approach to episodes of economic growth for countries at varying levels of development. Students will also acquire knowledge and understanding of economic growth in their home country as well as in economies very different from their own.