Economic Development

AIMS - The aims of the course include:

- Stimulating interest in development issues and providing opportunities to learn about different paradigms of development.

- Understanding principles and concepts of Economic Development, as the main theories in Economic Development, definitions of development and underdevelopment concepts, relevance and limitations of development indicators.

- Providing explanations about the existence of poverty and inequalities, evaluating poverty and inequalities and analyzing the reducing policies of poverty and inequalities.

- Providing analysis tools to understand the development trajectory of different countries, as understanding how some countries have achieved the development stage.

- Analyzing an underdevelopment situation through factors of development (like education, health, agriculture, demography, institutions).

- Understanding how trade, globalization and international cooperation affect development of a country.

LEARNING OUTCOMES - At the end of the course, students will be able to:

- Explain and theorize development process.

- Use concrete empirical data to assess economic development, poverty and inequalities.

- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the complexities of anti-poverty policies.

- Acquire knowledge of the key concepts and principles of Economic Development.

- Identify the characteristics of underdevelopment.

- Explain the sources of inequality and conflicts in developing countries.

- Analyze the quality of institutions in a country and explain how it affects development of a country.

- Explain how trade, globalization, and international cooperation affect development of a country.