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Development Economics ( forår 2008 - 10 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

  • Uddannelsessprog: (se under Undervisnings- og arbejdsform)
  • Niveau: Optional BSc and MSc course
  • Semester/kvarter: Variable
  • Timer per uge: 4 hours per week for 12 weeks
  • Deltagerbegrænsning: None
  • Undervisningssted: Århus
  • Hovedområde: Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  • Udbud ID: 10929

Formål

The objectives are that the students after having participated in the course should be able to:

 

  • Describe the main development discussions and relate these discussions to standard theory. (The areas covered will be specified in the teaching notes to the course).
  • Describe, analyse and reflect on the development problem chosen based on the new empirical research in the curriculum. Be able to apply the models and techniques of the models presented.
  • Apply the standard tools of cost-benefit analysis on an unknown problem at the level of a participant (as the economist) in a cost-benefit team by discussing the consequences of the key choices in the analysis.

Indhold

The course has three main goals: (1) Introduce the main discussions of the problems of development. (2) Discuss some main development problem based on a set of new papers chosen in the curriculum at the level of an actual participant in the research process. (3) To teach the student the basic tech­niques of cost benefit analysis as is actually used.

 

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS:

The course has variable content

Three themes will be covered: 1 and 2 are seminar oriented, while 3 is more job

oriented.

Theme 1: The macro effectiveness development discussion, based on recent

research project of MP.

Theme 2: The governance discussion: The impact of governance on growth, and

vice versa. Based on current research project of MP

Theme 3: Cost-benefit at the practitioners level. Meant for students who will actually

work in LDCs, who are typically analyzing projects.

 

Faglige forudsætninger

None

Underviser

Martin Paldam

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

Lectures. The students are encouraged to write seminars in the fields

 

English (if all participants are not Danish)

 

Litteratur

Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S., Robinson, J.A., 2005. Income and democracy. P.t. Working Paper, 63 p

 

Clemens, M.A., Radelet, S., Bhavnani, R., 2004. Counting chickens when they hatch: The short-term effects of aid on growth. P.t. Working paper 71 p

 

Curry, S., Weiss, J., 2000. Project anlysis in developing countries. 2dn ed. Palgrave, London 355 p

 

Doucouligos, H., Paldam, M., 2005. Aid effectiveness on Growth. A meta study. European Journal of Political Economy , forthcoming. 28 p

 

Doucouligos, H., Paldam, M., 2005. The aid effectiveness literature. The sad results of 40 years of research. P.t. Working paper, 26 p

 

Herbertsson, T.T., Paldam, M., 2005. Does development aid help poor countries catch up? An analysis of the basic relations. P.t. working paper, 26 p

 

Paldam, M., 2002. The big pattern of corruption. Economics, culture and the see­saw dynamics. European Journal of Political Economy 18: 215-140, 2002. 26 p

 

Paldam, M., Boorooah, V., 2007. Why is the world short of democracy? A cross-country analysis of barriers to representative government. European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, 25 p

 

Treisman, D., 2000. The causes of corruption: a cross-national study. Journal of Public Economics 76: 399-457. 60 p

 

Total pp 684 pages, however Curry and Weiss is fairly easy

 

Studieordning og bedømmelse

Bacheloruddannelsen i økonomi

  • Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur

Grundfaget i erhvervsøkonomi

  • Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur


Written exam, 4 hours

 

EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED: Dictionary no electronic dictionaries are allowed.