MPH_DEEC Development Economics

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
podzim 2013
Rozsah
2/2. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Dagmara Katreniaková (přednášející)
Dagmara Katreniaková (cvičící)
Garance
Ing. Petr Smutný, Ph.D.
Katedra podnikové ekonomiky a managementu – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Bc. Bohdana Čechová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra podnikové ekonomiky a managementu – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 14:35–16:15 S308
  • Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin:
MPH_DEEC/01: Po 16:20–17:55 S308, D. Katreniaková
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 24 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/24, pouze zareg.: 0/24, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/24
Cíle předmětu
The goal of this course isto present an overview of the field of development economics and to discuss how economic analysis has been applied to issues related to developing countries. We will talk about topics such as income distribution, poverty and poverty trap, health, education, population growth, migration, corruption and growth. Classes are opened for discussion and additional topics can be added in case of interest.
Osnova
  • The course starts on Monday, September 16th and ends on Monday, December 9th.
  • This is a tentative schedule and may be updated based on students´progress
  • Lecture 1: Introduction I
  • What is the course about? Course overview, goals and expectations.
  • Income distribution of developing countries
  • Economic growth, theories of growth
  • Exercise Session: Economic inequality and its measures
  • Lecture 2: Introduction II
  • Many faces of underdevelopment
  • Exercise Session: What is poverty? Poverty trap?
  • Lecture 3: Food
  • Does Nutrition based trap exist?
  • Exercise Session: Introduction to field experiments, quiz no.
  • Lecture 4: Health
  • Healthcare behavior in developing countries
  • Exercise Session: Current state of research on improving health conditions, including nutrition
  • Lecture 5: Education
  • Education and its importance, education production function
  • Absenteeism of both, students and teachers and poor performance
  • Exercise Session: Current state of research on education, guiz no. 2
  • Lecture 6: Family
  • Household model
  • Fertility decisions, population growth and family planning
  • Additional Reading: Amartya Sen: 100 million missing women, New York Review of Books
  • Exercise Session: Midterm
  • Lecture 7: Risk and Insurance
  • Are poor under stress? Are poor risk lovers or risk averse?
  • Exercise Session:
  • Additional Reading: Besley, Timothy, "Nonmarket Institutions for credit and risk sharing in low income Countries", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9, pages 115-127
  • Lecture 8: Credit
  • Economic of lending to the poor
  • Exercise Session: Microfinance, quiz no. 3
  • Lecture 9: Savings
  • Do poor people want to save? Can poor people save?
  • Exercise Session: Current state of research on credit and savings
  • Lecture 10: Enterprise activities of poor
  • Exercise Session: guiz no. 4
  • Lecture 11: Institutions
  • The quality of institutions in developing countries
  • The role of institutions in economic development
  • Exercise Session: Revision
  • Lecture 12: Final exam
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • Ester Durflo and Abhijit Banerjee: Poor Economics
  • Debraj Ray: Development Economics
  • Dambisa Mayo: Dead Aid
  • Jeffrey D. Sachs: The end of Poverty
Výukové metody
Lectures and Exercise sessions
Metody hodnocení
Course requirements:
Written midterm - accounts for 30 points
Written final exam - accounts for 50 points
Quizzes - there will be four short written guizzes, each will account for 5 points (total 20 points)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Lecturer´s e-mail: dkatreni@cerge-ei.cz
Office hours: Mondays 13:00 - 14:30
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Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován jednorázově.
Informace k inovaci předmětu
Předmět byl inovován v rámci projektu "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)", který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2011.
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