Programa

Topics in Development Economics

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão

Licenciatura Bolonha em Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão

Programa

PART I: STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT (Alexandre Abreu) 1. The concept and measurement of development 2. Development and underdevelopment in historical perspective 3. Development lab 1: Development indicators 4. Dualism and structural change 5. Poverty and inequality 6. Development lab 2: Monetary and multidimensional poverty 7. Agrarian change and agricultural development 8. Industrialisation and industrial policy 9. Development lab 3: Economic complexity and industrial upgrading 1 0. Development finance: internal and external resources 11. Population, migration and urbanisation 12. Economic development and environmental sustainability PART II: RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS RESEARCH (Henri que Pita Barros) 13. Institutions, colonialism and state formation 14. Culture and religion 15. Econometric methods in development research (1/2) 16. Econometric methods in development research (2/2) 17. Health and nutrition 18. Education 19. Micro finance, savings, risk and insurance 20. Households and gender inequality 21. Conflict 22. Forced displacement 23. Corruption and governance 24. Aid and international organizations