ECI5590 Poverty, inequality and opportunity
Faculty of Business and Economics
ECI5590 Poverty, inequality and opportunity is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Other periods
- Indonesia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ECI5590
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ECI5590
No unit lists ECI5590 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in course A6033, B6027 or B6061 to undertake this unit.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Ending poverty is justifiably an overarching aim of all development efforts, and it is enshrined as the first of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. Likewise, tackling inequality in opportunities and outcomes has been at the forefront of a wide range of public policy debates. This unit will review key conceptual, methodological and practical issues in measuring and monitoring poverty, inequality and opportunity. You will also discuss evidence, ongoing debates and relevant policies on these issues within and outside of Indonesia.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Monash Indonesia term 2 | Indonesia | On campus |
| Monash Indonesia term 5 | Indonesia | On campus |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
- Written45%
- Written45%
- Exercise10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand key concepts, including an appreciation of ongoing debates, about the measurement and monitoring of poverty and inequality, including inequality of opportunity
- 2
become familiar with the global evidence on poverty and inequality
- 3
understand the main tools of distributional analysis at “macro” and “micro” levels
- 4
gain an understanding of policies to combat poverty and inequality including economy-wide policies promoting pro-poor growth, sectoral policies especially in relation to education and health, and targeted policies such as cash and in-kind transfers, public employment programs.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Sarah Gultom
- Dr Yessy Peranginangin
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECI5590?
ECI5590 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ECI5590 offered?
ECI5590 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ECI5590?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ECI5590 have an exam?
No. ECI5590 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.