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Lecturer(s)
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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. 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 the Development Economics 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 Development Economics course.
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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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Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford: 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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Ray, D. (1998). Development economics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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Todaro, M. P., Smith, S. C. (2020). Economic development. 13th ed. Harlow: Addison Wesley.
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