Courses Bachelor Display 2023-2024
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| Course title | Sustainable Development for Emerging Markets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC2155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory/Intermediate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Tania Treibich For more information: t.treibich@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
The purpose is to learn about the process of economic development in emerging economies as well as the role of international organisations and economic policies in achieving development targets. Sustainable development targets include economic growth, but also education, health, gender and income equality, or environmental preservation.
How will we achieve this? The course will use economic tools and theories so that, by the end of the course, you should be able to analyze interesting and relevant problems in economic development in a rigorous and critical way, using economic theories, data, and policy instruments. |
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| Description |
The purpose is to learn about the process of economic development in emerging economies as well as the role of international organisations and economic policies in achieving development targets. Sustainable development targets include economic growth, but also education, health, gender and income equality, or environmental preservation. How will we achieve this? The course will use economic tools and theories so that, by the end of the course, you should be able to analyze interesting and relevant problems in economic development in a rigorous and critical way, using economic theories, data, and policy instruments. The question of development can be studied from many dimensions, and each tutorial will cover a specific one. The transversal topic that will connect them all is the issue of inequality and how to reach the sustainable development goals: * how to measure and define these goals * how to evaluate the impact of inequality on countries’ development * how to implement policies to reduce inequality and reach the SDGs Questions running throughout the course are: * Are standard growth theories fit to describe the growth path of emerging economies? * What are the specific issues with regards to data gathering and analysis in emerging economies? * How to choose the right indicators to assess the performance of emerging economies in the global economy? * How to formulate policy challenges and design policy recommendations to promote economic development in emerging economies?
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| Literature |
The Economics of Developing and Emerging Markets, 2022
By Charles van Marrewijk, Steven Brakman and Julia Swart https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107338036 ISBN: 9781107618589 |
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| Prerequisites |
Basic course knowledge in micro-, macro- and international economics.
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Presentation / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Written Exam / Assignment / Presentation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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