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Lecturer(s)
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Htitich Mohamed
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Harmáček Jaromír, doc. Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Main content areas 1. Economic growth and development 2. Poverty, inequality, pro-poor growth 3. Population growth and demographic dynamics.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to analyse important socio-economic issues typical for developing countries. Issues such as economic growth, new theories of growth, and contemporary models of development and underdevelopment will be discussed. The course will also focus on issues of poverty, inequality, pro-poor growth and population growth.
Students understand the theory and measurement of economic growth, poverty, inequality and pro-poor growth. They are able to work with income distribution data, which directly enables them to measure poverty, inequality and pro-poor growth using a special package in statistical software Stata.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge at the level of undergraduate courses in development economics is recommended. Basic knowledge of Stata statistical software is an advantage.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance
attendance, assignments, written test
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Recommended literature
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Barro, R. J., Sala-i-Martin, X. (2004). Economic Growth. 2nd edition. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
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Collier, P. (2008). The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press.
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Easterly, W. (2002). The elusive quest for growth: economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
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Ray, D. (1998). Development economics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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Van den Berg, H. (2012). Economic Growth and Development. 2nd edition. London: World Scientific Publishing.
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Weil, D. N. (2013). Economic Growth. 3rd edition. Pearson Education Limited.
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