D'AGOSTINO GIORGIO
(syllabus)
Module 1: Preliminaries
Development Economics: An Overview
Understanding Development: Concepts and Definitions
Historical Perspectives on Development Thought
Assessing the State of Development
Module 2: Poverty
Theoretical Approaches & empirical Issues
Social Programs
Module 3: Inequality
Theoretical Approaches & empirical Issues
Module 4: Economic Growth
Stylized Facts of Economic Growth
The Solow Model: A Framework for Understanding Growth
Applying the Solow Model to Real-world Contexts
Public Spending and its Impact on Economic Growth
Module 5: Conflict and Development
Determinants of Conflict
The Interplay between Conflict and Development
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development
(reference books)
Alain De Janvry & Elisabeth Sadoulet (2021) Development Economics, Theory and Practice (Second edition). Routledge, New York.
Jurgen Brauer & J. Paul Dunne (2012) Peace Economics: A Macroeconomic Primer for Violence-afflicted States. United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, DC.
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