Courses Exchange Display 2024-2025
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| Course title | Development Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC2092 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Michail Moatsos For more information: michail.moatsos@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
Overview with respect to all aspects under "Course content"; carrying out and presenting empirical tasks. For the marble/honour groups: skills to handle growth models.
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| Description |
The long-run development and international economic relations of developing countries are chosen as the major topic of this course.
The long-run growth part deals with structural change from agriculture to industry and services, institutions, distribution, population, education, health, taxation and government expenditure, agriculture and other resources. The international relations part relates growth to migration, aid, international trade, and foreign debt, the latter including financial crises. |
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| Literature |
James M. Cypher, The process of economic development, 5th edition, Routledge, 2021
Reader. Honours students get additional literature |
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| Prerequisites |
Basic micro-, and macro-economics
Students are expected to follow the recent developments in the business press. Exchange students need to major in economics. An advanced level of English |
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Presentation / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Attendance / Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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