This unit provides the conceptual framework for the understanding, analysis and evaluation of macroeconomic performance in national, regional and global contexts. It considers the causes and consequences of economic growth in: developed economies, such as the UK; regional blocs such as the EU; developing economies; and the wider global economy. It emphasises the ways in which individual economies and regional blocs are interdependent through trade, the process of economic integration and the increasing globalisation that characterises current economic activity.

This unit focuses on the economic principles and context underlying a range of transport problems and issues. It considers transport provision in terms of the models of market structure, especially in the context of contestability in such markets.