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7 Best Economic Development Courses on Coursera

We compared 7 Economic Development courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 6 come from a named university or institution, including Yonsei University, University of Toronto and Rutgers the State University of New Jersey. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
7
Price range
$49.00 – $49.00
Providers
Coursera
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "economic development" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A Lowest price here University-backed

    The Korean Economic Development

    Offered by Yonsei University

    You will review the evolution of the Korean economy decade by decade since Korea’s independence from Japan in 1945. Major policies of each decade will be explained and their effect on the Korean economy will be analyzed....

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    The City and You: Find Your Best Place

    Offered by University of Toronto

    Welcome to The City and You: Find Your Best Place. I'm excited to have you in the class and look forward to your contributions to the other learners in our community. This course will provide the knowledge and the tools...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Our Share: Employee Ownership as a Wealth Sharing Tool

    Offered by Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

    In this course, you will learn about a well-researched tool for building a more equitable economy: “employee ownership.” You will learn what it is, how it differs from traditional business ownership models, and the forms...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Negocios Internacionales I

    Offered by University of New Mexico

    Vivimos en un mundo cada vez mas globalizado, en el cual el éxito en los negocios internacionales se ha convertido en el factor determinante del desarrollo económico y la prosperidad. Esta materia, Entorno Global de Nego...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development

    Offered by Erasmus University Rotterdam

    This MOOC prepares students that want to analyse trade and investment policies of developing countries and emerging markets. We couch you for the task of giving evidence-based policy. For students interested in policy ad...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    African cities : An Introduction to Urban Planning

    Offered by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

    This course teached the basics of urban planning in Africa through technical, environmental, social and economical dimensions. It focuses on African cities only. Although, they exemplify well cities in the Global South,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism

    Offered by Universiteit Leiden

    Metals are present everywhere around us and are one of the major materials upon which our economies are built. Economic development is deeply coupled with the use of metals. During the 20th century, the variety of metal...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Economic Development Courses on Coursera compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 The Korean Economic Development Coursera Yonsei University $49.00 View →
2 The City and You: Find Your Best Place Coursera University of Toronto $49.00 View →
3 Our Share: Employee Ownership as a Wealth Sharing Tool Coursera Rutgers the State University of New Jersey $49.00 View →
4 Negocios Internacionales I Coursera University of New Mexico $49.00 View →
5 Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development Coursera Erasmus University Rotterdam $49.00 View →
6 African cities : An Introduction to Urban Planning Coursera Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) $49.00 View →
7 A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolis... Coursera Universiteit Leiden $49.00 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 7 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 6 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Yonsei University, University of Toronto and Rutgers the State University of New Jersey — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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