Section outline
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Dear Students,
I am pleased to be teaching "Development Economics" to you this semester.
Upon completing the course, you will be able to:- explain the main economic theories used in development economics;
- apply the results of empirical papers in your work;
- critically examine the methodologies used in applied work.
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Students mustMark as done
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Students mustMark as done
Dear Students,
Take a 1 min video interviewing 2 people asking them 2 questions:
- What development is, in their view?
- How can/should we measure development?
Please post your video on the following link:
https://padlet.com/tilenbaeva_n/uby9xzai44vpphtwDeadline: 23 January 23:59.
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GUIDELINES:
- In a group of two people, pick a country (either yours or one of your choice).
- Pick one factor leading to “underdevelopment” studied in class (geography,
history, institutions, resource curse) that is particularly relevant for that country. - Analyze the role of this factor in that country’s development.
- Prepare a 20 mins long presentation with slides (There will be additional 5 mins for Questions & Answers).
- Both members of the group will need to deliver a presentation. In case of
illness/other serious situation that prevents a group member from presenting,
the remaining group member will need to deliver a presentation (the same number of points will be allocated to both members of the group). - Send a draft version of your slides to me by email at least 4 days before the
presentation (before 11.03.2023 (11:59 pm)). - Submitting a draft version of your slides on time will be worth 5% of the overall grade.
- Deliver a presentation on the specified date. No make-up presentations are allowed.
- Quality of the presentation (maximum 5%) and analysis (maximum 10%).
EVALUATION CRITERIA:
- Clarity of the presentation.
- Structure and organization.
- Relevance to the topic; emphasis on the factor of "underdevelopment" studied in class.
- Critical evaluation and depth of analysis.
- Visual presentation.
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Students mustMark as done
GUIDELINES:
- Pick a country (either yours or one of your choice).
- Pick one topic from part III of the course (nutrition, health, household models, education, migration, corruption).
- Come up with the title (issue) of your policy brief related to the chosen topic and country. Send this preliminary topic to me by email before 29.04.2023 (11:59 pm) for approval (You may send multiple topics if you want).
- Write a 4 pages maximum (excluding references) policy brief on the approved topic and upload it before 14.05.2023 (11:59 pm). If you submit your policy brief after the deadline, the maximum you can get for your work will be the following:
- 1-5 minutes late: 18%
- 6-59 minutes late: 15%
- 60 minutes - 24 hours late: 10%
- after 24 hours: 0%
- Relevance to the topic; direct connection with the material studied in class (compulsory or optional readings) (4%)
- Clarity. (3%)
- Structure and organization. (3%)
- Critical evaluation and depth of analysis. (8%)
- Visual presentation. (2%)
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