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Lecturer(s)
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Harmáček Jaromír, doc. Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Schlossarek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Main content areas 1. Measuring social development 2. Education and health 3. Innovation 4. Development vs. sustainability
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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 course is a continuation of Socio-Economic Development 1 course. Its aim is to examine rather social issues in developing countries (also from an economic perspective). Analyzed are issues such as measuring social development of countries, health, education and innovation, or migration and remittances.
Students will gain knowledge in topics such as measuring social development of countries, health, education, migration and remittances, and measuring sustainability. They will also gain practical skills in constructing composite indicators using MS Excel or Stata.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of the course Socio-economic Development 1.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
attendance, assignments, written test
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Recommended literature
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Banerjee, A., Benabou, R.,Mookherjee, D. (2006). Understanding Poverty. Oxford University Press.
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Norberg, J. (2016). Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. Oneworld Publications.
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Pinker, S. (2018). Enlightement Now. Viking Press.
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Rosling, H., Rosling, O., Rosling Rönnlund, A. (2018). Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Flatiron Books.
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Sachs, J. D.. (2005). The end of poverty: economic possibilities of our time. New York: Penguin Press.
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Todaro, M. P., Smith, S. C. (2020). Economic development. 13th ed. Harlow: Addison Wesley.
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