Course: Economic Theory and Policy

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Course title Economic Theory and Policy
Course code MRS/WG1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cubizol Damien
  • Brun Jean-Francois
  • Nováček Pavel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Šafaříková Simona, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Combes Motel Pascale, prof.
Course content
The module consists of three courses: 1: Financing for Development covers public and private fundings available for development; it will focus more specifically on the determinants and the impact of foreign direct investment and remittances. 2: Macroeconomics and Growth presents the stylyzed facts of economic growth. Several growth factors are studied: saving rates, technical progress, human capital, research and development activities. 3: Political Economy and Policy Reform covers political constraints to reforms with a specific focus on Latin American countries.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The course provides an overview of development finance, growth macroeconomics, and political economy.
Students have knowledge and skills to analyze development issues from an economic perspective.
Prerequisites
-

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

written exam, attendance
Recommended literature
  • Combining Finance and Policies to Implement a Transformative Post-2015 (European Report on Development 2015).
  • Development Co-operation Report 2014: Mobilising Resources for Sustainable Development. OECD Publishing. (OECD. 2014.).
  • Brun J.-F., Chambas. How do tax systems transform as countries structurally transform themselves? Background paper for the European Development Report 2015.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Development Policy (2021) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer