Study-unit GLOBALISATION AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
| Course name | International relations |
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| Study-unit Code | A001433 |
| Curriculum | Cooperazione internazionale e state building |
| Lecturer | Lucia Mangiavacchi |
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| CFU | 9 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2022 |
| Supplied | 2022/23 |
| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Economico |
| Sector | SECS-P/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian. International students are welcome to attend. The professor can suggest bibliographical references also in English. Answers to the exam can be written also in English or Spanish. |
| Contents | The course is organized with theory lectures on the following topics: (i) economic growth, (ii) development economics (iii) poverty and (iv) inequalities (v) human capital. |
| Reference texts | Reading list of articles and book chapter on the Unistudium platform. |
| Educational objectives | (i) Knowledge of main theories of economic growth and economic development. (ii) Understating the concept of living standard and its measurement. (iii) Knowledge of data and methods to measure economic wellbeing, poverty and inequality. (iv) Give tools to understand academic articles and reports on development, poverty and inequalities. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of microeconomics, mathematics and statistics. |
| Teaching methods | The course is characterized by theory lectures and "flipped classroom" lessons. |
| Other information | Students that have 9 CFU credits will assist seminars on innovation topics. |
| Learning verification modality | Short paper on a topic related to the subject (1/3 of the final mark) plus a written exam in the official dates on all the contents (2/3 of the final mark). |
| Extended program | 1. Theories of economic growth: (i) Neoclassical theories and Solow model. (ii) the Ramsey model. (iii) Theories of endogenous growth. 2. Growth and development: (i) development as quality growth (social and environmental sustainability), (ii) growth and development indicators, (iii) institutions and development, (iv) social capital and development, (v) international development and migration (vi) development and human capital. 3. Economic well-being: (i) conceptual framework, (ii) measurement and (iii) data. 4. Inequalities: (i) inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, (ii) inequality of opportunities, (iii) gender inequality. 5. Poverty: (i) poverty lines, (ii) indices, (iii) multidimensionality. 6. Poverty, inequalities and development. (i) the relationship between growth, poverty and inequality, (ii) policies for poverty reduction and inequality. 7. Human capital (i) investment and return (ii) human capital and the family (iii) human capital and economic development. |