Course Code & Number
ECON 322
Course Title
Development Economics
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Discussion of fiscal discipline. Monetary policy regimes. Currency and banking crises. Monetary unions. Management of capital flows. The choice of an exchange-rate regime. Public capital and growth. Inequality and poverty. Microcredits. Foreign aid and income distribution.
Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students the field of development economics. Students would understand fiscal discipline, monetary policy regimes, and exchange rate regimes as well as microcredits and income distribution.
Software Usage
Students will use MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, Power point) to work on their weekly assignments about 2 hours a week.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Discuss exchange rate management and monetary policy management.
2. Analyze stabilization programs and their impacts on the economy.
3. Review poverty and income distribution.
4. Discuss some simple economic models related to economic development and economic growth.
5. Place economic development theories in the social and political context.
6. Analyze the impacts of foreign aid and microcredits on the economy and development.
7. Explain capital mobility and its effects on financial markets.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Peer Teaching
Demonstrating
Problem Solving
Case Study/Scenarion Analysis
Simulation & Games
Video Presentations
Oral Presentations/Reports
Guest Speakers
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Case Studies / Homework
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Required Reading
1. Agenor. P. R. and P. J. Montiel, Development Macroeconomics. Princeton University Press, New Jersey,
2. Ray. Debra, Development Economics. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1998.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
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