DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS - Prof. Elisabetta CROCI ANGELINI A.A. 2020/21
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Prof. Elisabetta CROCI ANGELINI croci@unimc.it A.A. 2020/21 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Before we start • The lectures of this course will be broadcast in streaming and recorded so to be available also later on TEAMS • To get access to them, send me an email from your @studenti.unimc.it address and I will enable you to attend from home, too. • I am also asked to read a message about safety in the Covid-19 circumstances. a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 2
ATTENZIONE • al fine del tracciamento degli utenti che frequentano le sedi dell’Ateneo, non possono frequentare le lezioni gli studenti che non abbiano effettuato il self check-in tramite il QR code posizionato all’esterno dell’aula; • al momento della prenotazione e della frequenza di ogni lezione, ogni studente ha accettato le condizioni di sicurezza riportate nelle “Linee guida per la completa ripresa delle attività didattiche in presenza per l’anno accademico 2020/2021, nel rispetto delle regole di sicurezza per il contenimento della diffusione del covid-19” adottate dall’Università di Macerata e pubblicate nel sito. • In particolare, qualora doveste avvertire sintomi riconducibili al Covid-19 mentre siete nelle sedi dell’Ateneo, dovete avvertire tempestivamente il docente o l’addetto ai servizi di portierato per attivare i protocolli di sicurezza. a.a.2020/21 EPSS - prof. E. Croci Angelini 3
Where are we on TEAMS? • https://www.unimc.it/it/didattica/continua/ elenco-aule-virtuali-insegnamenti-a- a-2020-2021-dip-scienze-politiche-della- comunicazione-relazioni-internazionali/ view a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 4
Introduction and outline • Aims è understanding development • Modules è development & inequality • Feed back è your questions & answers • Method è lectures and more • Text books è three items • Evaluation è in progress and final • Results è what you will grasp a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 5
This course aims at
• providing students with a general understanding of the
issues characterizing economic development
– this will be done by means of a theoretical approach addressing
the issue of inequalities, and in particular of income inequality, as
well as the issues at the basis of economic development
– both issues will be addressed by definitions and measurements
so that theory could be compared with a more awkward reality
• enabling students to collect data, process them and
produce a coursework of their own which will be
discussed at the end of the semester
– All relevant material will be uploaded on the course website
– Students are asked to check TEAMS and OLAT as well
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 6Two modules
• will address the complex relationship between growth
(i.e. economic growth), development and inequality
– Module Developmet è is meant to understand the role of the
main economic variables in the virtuous dynamics within the
sustainable development process in the medium-long run.
• Why different countries follow different development paths?
• Is there a development ladder?
• Can we identify the most important development factors?
– Module Inequality è will employ the main tools meant to
describe inequality and to highlight the related concepts.
• Is inequality a problem and why?
• How do we describe inequality and how do we measure it?
• Do different measures yield different results and how is this possible?
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 7Development Module
• seeks the links between the economic
variables and their role towards yielding
economic development
• Four parts:
– 1. Theories of growth and development
– 2. Sustainable development and globalization
– 3. Human Development Index
– 4. Links between growth and inequality
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 8Inequality Module
• looks at inequality and development
• four parts:
– 1. The assessment of income inequality: methods
and results
– 2. Issues about world-wide health and education
inequality and its implications on economic
development
– 3. How does gender inequality matter?
– 4. Migration issues: an additional complexity
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 9Course info
• Lectures timetable:
– Mondays 13 -15 è AULA 7
– Tuesdays 12 -14 è AULA 6
– Wednedays 9 -11 è AULA 6
• Lectures website:
– http://docenti.unimc.it/e1.crociangelini/
courses/2020/22561
• Lectures on TEAMS
• Lectures on OLAT
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 10Working together • The 4+4=8 points will not take the same time each. • Although each point will be dealth with alltogether and a test will be proposed at the end of each one, the modules will not necessarily run one after the other • The assignements (coursework) will be allotted as soon as possible. a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 11
Text books
• All Lecture notes will be downloadable
from the course website
– 4dev + 4ineq = 8 points will be addressed
– 8 files will be uploaded on the website
http://docenti.unimc.it/e1.crociangelini/
courses/2020/22561
• Wilkinson & Pickett: The Spirit Level - why
greater equality makes societies stronger
• Milanovic: Global Inequality - A New
Approach for the Age of Globalization
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 12At the end of the course you
will be able to
• a) understand the role of the main
economic variables both in economic
growth and in the virtuous dynamics within
the sustainable development process in
the medium-long run,
• b) master the main concepts related to
development and employ the usual tools
meant to describe inequality.
a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 13General Evaluation • written examination è students will be asked to answer three open questions chosen from among five issues explained during the course in 90 minutes. • questions will be assessed in tenth • evaluation is meant to ascertain the knowledge of the issues, the understanding of the methods and their critical evaluation. • an oral examination may follow, to clarify obscure explanations, if any. a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 14
Coursework Evaluation • Neither coursework, nor attending classes is compulsory (although it is advisable). • Coursework assigned will be developed during the weeks when classes are held and discussed at the end of the semester • written examination è students will be asked to answer only two open questions chosen from among five issues explained during the course in 90 minutes a.a.2020/21 DevEc - prof. E. Croci Angelini 15
Interesting
• https://asvis.it websites
• https://www.oxfam.org
• https://www.weforum.org
• https://www.project-syndicate.org/
commentary/changing-face-of-economics-by-
dani-rodrik-2020-01
• https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/01/09/
trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/
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