John Birchall - Economist.com

The following materials have been designed to assist students in their various courses of study. The materials are based on the sylluabus documents given to me by the Head of Department. Wherever possible the materials will offer a comprehensive range of notes for the topics to be studied, some questions and answers. A selection of relevant websites are also included.

Useful links for building your course notes

A useful site of free resources:

http://www.ncee.net/resources/lessons.php

An introduction to basic economics including demand, supply and elasticity

http://www.johnbirchall-economist.com/EconomicsWebsites.doc

The costs of production – short and long run

http://www.digitaleconomist.com/costs_4010.html

An excellent set of notes on production costs and their influence on resource allocation and decision-making.

http://www.aovh07.dsl.pipex.com/MBM/mbm.htm

Another excellent set of power point presentations on all microeconomics topics that include costs and production

http://www.johnbirchall-economist.com/sierra.html

A set of notes and diagrams on costs, including economies and diseconomies of scale.

Another site you might like to visit: www.danielpearl.org – looking for ways of encouraging international understanding.

Perfect Competition

http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/archive/ou/tutorial6/tutorial06.htm

Monopoly

http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/showcase/gerry_app1.htm

An excellent set of notes etc in which Monopoly and Imperfect Markets are analysed

http://www.business.uiuc.edu/~l-arvan/Lectures/Lecture22.htm

A full lecture on the workings of a Monopoly

Competitive Theory
http://are.berkeley.edu/courses/ECON100A/lectures.html

A complete set of notes and slides on competitive theory

http://www.agsm.edu.au/~bobm/teaching/SGTM.html

An excellent set of slides etc on Game Theory and the application of economic to management.

http://www.agsm.edu.au/~bobm/teaching/EIA.html

An excellent set of notes slides etc on Investment Appraisal.

More advanced coverage of competitive theory

http://www.economics.strath.ac.uk/Teaching/2nd_Year/31_219_Firms_and_Industries/31_219_firms_and_industries.html

More detailed materials on firms and markets, including the application of economic theory to the world of business.

http://www.kevinhinde.com/Micro2/index.htm

Excellent slides on Game theory and other applications of competitive theory.

http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~jdh1/micro2.html

Some first class presentations on the theory of the firm and moving onto welfare issues and choice and risk.

Second Year Microeconomics

Third Year Microeconomics

Macroeconomics - A series of links that build into a comprehensive coverage of basic and more advanced macroeconomics
Macroeconomics 1
Macroeconomics 2
Macroeconomics 3

Econometrics:

Initial Studies
Advanced

Economic History:

Sierra Leone

Agricultural economics:

Agricultural economics

Websites of General Interest to those studying Economics

- A comprehensive list of Student Based resources

- Seminar at Fourah Bay College (Economics Department) on Development Strategies

The following will develop into a series of exercises designed to cover most introductory micro and macro economics. Wherever possible answers will be given.

Economics 1
Economics 2
Economics 3
Economics 4
Economics Fact Sheet 1
Economics Fact Sheet 2
Economics Fact Sheet 3
Economics Fact Sheet 4
Economics Fact Sheet 5
Economics Fact Sheet 6
Economics Fact Sheet 7
Economics Fact Sheet 8

The process of economic development

Dictionary of Economics

Short Economic History of Post-World War II World

The roadmap to peace in the Middle East

Global Awareness - A course suitable for teachers and students wanting to increase their knowledge of Geopolitical issues

The following are websites that students of economics may find useful.

www.digitaleconomics.com
www.investopedia.com/university
www.jpec.org/links.htm
www.worldbank.org
www.imf.org
www.undp.org
www.unctad.org
www.portal.unesco.org
www.unicef.org
www.unhcr.ch
www.fao.org
www.bbc.co.uk
www.globalwitness.org
Newsletter : wbweek@worldbank.org

Some useful PowerPoint Presentations relating to various parts of an Economics course

Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Supply-Side Policies
The Indian Economy
The US Economy -1
The US Economy - 2
The US Economy - 3
The US Economy - 4

For a large number of files relating to the European Union, please go to the Europe section of this site.

Various Links

Sierra Leone Web
Sierra Leone News
All Africa - Sierra Leone
Friends of Sierra Leone
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone in Cyberspace
Irin News
Amnesty International
State House

African School Net
http://www.schoolnetafrica.net/index.php

Educational Links

African Studies Centre
A Call For Justice
Ethnologue Report
Political Resources
Weather Underground : Sierra Leone
Global Issues : Sierra Leone
World Bank
Amnesty International
IMF
WHO
MSF
Njala University College
The British Council
Fourah Bay College

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