Checking date: 08/05/2020


Course: 2019/2020

Economic Development
(13690)
Bachelor in Economics (Plan: 398 - Estudio: 202)


Coordinating teacher: FERNÁNDEZ-HUERTAS MORAGA, JESÚS

Department assigned to the subject: Economics Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Basic knowledge of Econometrics.
General view of Economic Development. Goal: to understand how economic policy tools can be used to improve welfare, social and economic outcomes in low income countries. Focus on the key areas of debate about public policy and look at recent evidence, understand development economics as a multidimensional concept.
Description of contents: programme
Introduction Institutions Decentralization and public goods Regulation and development Health (I & II) Education (I & II) Environment and development Media, policy and development Social capital and social networks Land redistribution Credit, savings and insurance Property rights
Learning activities and methodology
Lectures (Monday) followed by presentations made by students in class (Thursday). 2 midterms: one in the middle of the term (first half) and another one at the end (second half). Presentations: summary of recent research papers complemented with documented data.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 0
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100

Basic Bibliography
  • Abhijit Banerjee y Esther Duflo. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. PublicAffairs. 2012
  • Ray, Debraj. Development Economics. Princeton University Press. 1998
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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.