GISDepartment of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies

This is an introductory course to the field of Economic Development. This course aims to understand the main issues of development economics, analyze the economic problems of developing countries, and discuss strategies for achieving inclusive growth and reducing poverty and extreme inequality. This understanding will help the students answer key questions: Why do some countries achieve high levels of economic development and others do not? What policies can governments implement to change their countries' growth path? This course will start from a ``macro'' perspective and later introduce a ``micro'' viewpoint of the problems to explore the socioeconomic factors that affect economic development. This course will cover economic growth, agricultural development, food security, population, education, migration, poverty reduction, informality, and more.

1. Understand: (1) why some emerging countries have been successful in catching up with rich countries in per capita income while others are left behind, (2) why half of humanity remains poor, and many of them are living with less than $2 per day, and (3) why environmental degradation and resource exploitation are commonly associated with income growth.
2. Understand: what can be done to promote development through policies. Learn to analyze the economic and social impacts of specific initiatives.
3. Use data to conduct development analyses such as growth diagnostics, poverty assessments, impact analysis of development projects.
4. Encourage students to explore alternative paths of economic development that promote the well-being of individuals and communities.

Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.

英語 / English

The course combines lectures and student presentations. The first part of the course will be conducted through lectures with the objective of learning, understanding, and using the fundamental concepts of development economics. Additionally, we will analyze some applications of our learned concepts. Students are encouraged and expected to participate in classes.
In the last part of our course, we will have presentations depending on the number of students. Feedback will be given to students at the end of each presentation.

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授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

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1[オンライン/online]：Introduction and Overview

Introduction and Overview

2[対面/face to face]：Growth & Development.
Theory 01. Exogenous Economic Growth Theory

-Economic Growth and Development Economics.
-Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Poverty.
-First Generation of Economic Growth Models.

3[対面/face to face]：Theory 02. Endogenous Economic Growth Theory.
Non-classical Economic Growth Theory

-Critics of Exogenous Eco. Growth Models.
-Endogenous Economic Growth Models.
-Critics and Non-classical Models.

4[対面/face to face]：Economic Convergence and the Middle-Income Trap.

-Application of Economic Growth Models.
-Economic Convergence: concepts and types.
-Middle-Income Trap.

5[対面/face to face]：Review of Classes 1-4.
Quiz 1.

Assess students' understanding of the 1st half of course materials (Week 1-4)

6[対面/face to face]：Inequality and Poverty.

-Income Inequality.
-Poverty.
-Poverty and Income Inequality.

7[対面/face to face]：Food and Nutrition.

-Food and Nutrition.
-Basic Model.
-Food-based poverty trap.

8[対面/face to face]：Population, Migration, and Cities.

-Role of population on the Development Process.
-Migration and its impact.
-Cities and Economic Development.

9[対面/face to face]：Education and Health.

-Human Capital Concept.
-Role of Education.
-Role of Health.

10[対面/face to face]：Informality.
Quiz 2.

-Informal Economy.
-Illegal Economy.
-Measurement and basic concepts.
-Assess students' understanding of the 2nd half of course materials (Week 6-10)

11[対面/face to face]：Presentations Groups 1

-Presentations of Groups.
-Q&A from the class.
-Feedback.

12[対面/face to face]：Presentations Groups 2

-Presentations of Groups.
-Q&A from the class.
-Feedback.

13[対面/face to face]：Presentations Groups 3

-Presentations of Groups.
-Q&A from the class.
-Feedback.

14[対面/face to face]：Presentations Groups 4

-Presentations of Groups.
-Q&A from the class.
-Feedback.

Students are expected to read the assigned materials (textbook/articles/cases), participate in class discussion, and make a presentation.
Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Ray, Debraj. (1998),Development Economics, Princeton University Press.
I highly recomend to buy this book for better understanding and complement our classes.

Additional references will be provided in the class.

1. Quiz 1: 25%*
2. Quiz 2: 25%
3. Presentation: 40%**
4. Class Participation: 10%
* Class participation refers to student's participation during lectures.
** Presentation is divided into two sections: 30% for a presentation at his/her corresponding time and 10% for participating during classmates' presentations by making comments or questions.

Students are encouraged to provide feedback and suggestion regarding the course. Constructive suggestion is appreciated and may be taken for course adjustment.

Quiz 2 is scheduled to be taken in class on the 10th. However, depending on the number of students, time, and number of groups, Quiz 2 may be changed to class 11th.

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