Οικονομική της Ανάπτυξης

Course ID: 
ΕΦΟ -18
Semester: 
Year of Study: 

Course Contents

1. Economic development: concept and measurement
2. Growth, development and poverty: a historical overview
3. Economics of growth and development
4. Agriculture and rural development
5. Industrialization
6. Population dynamics, employment and labour mobility
7. Domestic financing of economic development: saving and financial intermediation
8. Globalization and economic development: foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises
9. Globalization and economic development: foreign aid and commercial lending
10. Managing an open developing economy: exchange rate and balance of payments policy
11. Political economy and economic reform

Learning objectives

The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the wide-ranging policy issues and theories in development economics. On satisfying the requirements for this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to critically evaluate economic problems of developing countries and to effectively participate in the contemporary policy debate on development priorities and policy reforms in these countries. It is hoped that the course will help students in defining topics for their doctoral research.

Teaching Method

Διαλέξεις διάρκειας 3 ωρών την εβδομάδα για 13 εβδομάδες (αίθουσα διδασκαλίας)

Evaluation Method

1. Individual assignments and oral presentation (20%)
2. Midterm exam (20%)
3. Final exam (60%)

Course Info

Teaching Hours: 
3 hours per week
Credits: 
6.00
Teaching Credits: 
6.00
Weight: 
1.00

Current Tutors

Instructor: 

Γούλας Ελευθέριος

Assistant Professor
Field of Expertise: 
Μακροοικονομική με έμφαση στην Οικονομική Μεγέθυνση και στην Εφαρμοσμένη Χρηματοοικονομική
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Telephone: 
Office Hours: 
Πέμπτη 13.00 - 14.00
Παρασκευή 12.00-14:00

Resources

Reading Recommendations: 
Ray, Debraj, Development Economics. Princeton, 1998
Perkins, Dwight H., Steven Radelet and David L. Lindauer, Economics of Development, Seventh Edition, New York: W.W. Norton, 2013.
Thirlwall, A P, Economics and Development: Theory and Evidence (9th ed), Macmillan, 2011
Bibliography Recommendations: 
Heath, R., & Mobarak, A. M. (2015). Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women. Journal of Development Economics, 115, 1-15.
Banerjee, A. V., & Newman, A. F. (1994). Poverty, incentives, and development. The American Economic Review, 84(2), 211-215.
Galor, O., & Zeira, J. (1993). Income distribution and macroeconomics. The Review of Economic Studies, 60(1), 35-52.
Banerjee, A. V., & Duflo, E. 2007. The economic lives of the poor. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21(1), 141.
Sen, A. 1998. Mortality as an indicator of economic success and failure. The Economic Journal, 108(446), 1-25.