Welcome, Guest . Login . Türkçe
Where Am I: Ninova / Courses / Institute of Social Science / IKT 525E / Course Informations
 

Course Information

Course Name
Turkish Kalkınma İktisadı
English Development Economics
Course Code
IKT 525E Credit Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/week)
Semester -
3 3 - -
Course Language English
Course Coordinator İpek İlkkaracan Ajas
Course Objectives The course aims to investigate the main topics of economic development both at the theoretical and empirical levels. The course is designed to develop the analytical and critical understanding of students regarding the differences between developed and developing economies, the diverse economic theories explaining the causes of these differences, the political economy of the complex problems and policy issues that are faced by emerging market economies, and proposed policy solutions.
Course Description The first half of the course covers the basic definitions, indicators and theories of economic development and establishes a background for analysis of the empirical issues to be investigated in the second half. These basic topics entail the various definitions, conceptualizations and indicators of economic growth and development; historical approaches to divergence between so-called developed and developing economies; various economic development and growth theories in comparative perspective. The applied topics to be covered in the second half of the course entail the following: structural transformation in the course of economic development, namely the industrialization imperative, agricultural transformation and the environment; population growth, migration, human capital and unemployment; the role of the market mechanism versus the role of the developmental State; macroeconomic balance, international trade, foreign capital investment and the balance of payments problem; the role of international institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, and foreign aid.
Course Outcomes 1.Ability to compare and evaluate the various economic theories and their policy implications in development economics, also considering the approaches of other social science disciplines to the development question;
2.Ability to use these different economic theoretical frameworks and their implied policy options in order to explain the multi-dimensional problems faced by developing economies;
3.Improved ability to read scientific articles/literature in a comprehensive, analytical and critical manner;
4.Improved ability to engage in critical and analytical thinking and ability to express oneself in the context of scientific discussion;
5.Improved ability to conduct research, and communicate the results of the research in scientific writing and verbal presentations;
6.Improved ability in reading comprehension, writing and speaking English.
Pre-requisite(s)
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook •J.M. Cypher and J.L. Dietz. 2009. The Process of Economic Development (3rd edition). Routledge: NY, USA.
•Jomo KS andB. Fine (ed.s), 2006. The New Development Economics: After the Washington Consensus, London and New York, Zed Books.
Other References B. Fine, C. Lapavitsas and J. Pincus (ed.s). 2003. Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the post-Washington Consensus. Routledge, NY, USA.
•Jomo KS and E.S. Reinert (ed.s), 2005. The Origins of Development Economics, London and New York, Zed Books.
•D. Hunt. 1989. Economic Theories of Development: An Analysis of Competing Paradigms. Harvester Wheatsheaf, UK.
 
 
Courses . Help . About
Ninova is an ITU Office of Information Technologies Product. © 2024