Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus
(name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)
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NA
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Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address
and signature) and Office Hours:
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Eglantina Hysa
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Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email
address and signature) and Office Hours:
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NA
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Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: |
NA
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Language: |
English
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Compulsory/Elective: |
Elective
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Classroom and Meeting Time: |
18.00-19.45, Friday
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Course Description: |
Development and Growth I: Major elements in the economic development of resources, production, marketing, finance, labor; economic policy; political, social and technological factors affecting economic development, theories of growth.
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Course Objectives: |
There are several objectives of the course. First, students should be aware of the current debates about the definition of economic progress, and what we should consider when studying ‘economic development and growth’. Secondly, they should become familiar with the available cross-country data, and how this data can be used to draw meaningful insights into the important determinants of economic growth. Thirdly, students should have a good understanding of the formal economic models of economic growth and be able to use these models as a basis for understanding and distinguishing the various sources of, and constraints on, economic growth.
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Week |
Topics |
1 |
Introduction to Economic Growth and Development |
2 |
Economic Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective |
3 |
Comparative Economic Development |
4 |
Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development |
5 |
Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development |
6 |
Contemporary Models of Economic Development and Underdevelopment |
7 |
Contemporary Models of Economic Development and Underdevelopment |
8 |
Poverty, Inequality and Development |
9 |
Poverty, Inequality and Development |
10 |
Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences and Controversies |
11 |
Urbanization & Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy |
12 |
Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development |
13 |
Students’ Presentations |
14 |
Students’ Presentations |
No |
Program Competencies |
Cont. |
Master of Science in Economics Program |
1 |
The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way. |
5 |
2 |
They have knowledge about the microeconomics. |
3 |
3 |
They have knowledge about the macroeconomics. |
5 |
4 |
They have knowledge about the international economics and finance. |
5 |
5 |
They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics. |
1 |
6 |
They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector. |
1 |
7 |
They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector. |
5 |
8 |
They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking, |
5 |
9 |
They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics. |
5 |
10 |
They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics. |
5 |