Globalisation & (Under)Development - Theory & Politics

Code:

LEC517

Acronym:

GSD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Grupo de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	29	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	4	2		-

Objectives

1. To take advantage of the knowledge accumulated at Porto Faculty of Economics concerning growth and development economics
2. To reinforce the audience of the course within students interested in NGO work and practice
3. To consolidate the links with students of the PALOP (countries with Portuguese as the main language)
4. To integrate micro and macroeconomic analysis in approaching underdevelopment
5. To give theoretical arguments in order to achieve a global understanding of globalisation issues

Program

1. Empirical evidence on underdevelopment;
2. Economic analysis of the low income countries structural change
3. Human resources and migrations
4. Globalisation, income distribution and poverty
5. Financing policies against underdevelopment
6. The political economy of targeting underdevelopment erradication
7. Final synthesis - the state of art concerning world governance

Main Bibliography

Dollar, David e Kraaay, Art (2000), "Growth id good for the poor", World Bank Working Paper, Washington: World Bank
Easterly, William (2001), The Elusive Quest for Growth , Camdridge- Massachussets: The MIT Press
Fei, John e Ranis, Gustav(1997), Growth and Development from a Evolutionary Perspective, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers
Fields, Gary (2001), Distribution and Development - a new look at the developing world, Russel sage Foundation, New York : The MIT Press
Hoff, Karla (2000), "Beyond Rosenstein Rodan: The Modern Theory of Underdevelopment Traps", World Bank Working Paper, Washington: World Bank
Lindert, Peter e Willianson, Jeffrey (2001), "Globalization and Inequality: a long history", World Bank Annual Conference on DEvelopment Economics
Meier, Gerald e Rauch, James(2000), Leading Issues in Economic Development, New York : Oxford University Press
Pack, Howard(2000), "Industrialization Options for the Poorest Countries", Human Development Report 2001 Background Paper
Prebisch, Raúl (1981) Capitalismo Periferico, Cidade do México: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Sen, Amartya (1999), Development as Freedom, Oxford: University Press; tradução Dom Quixote
Stiglitz, Joseph (2001), Inforamtion and Change in the paradigm of Economics, Nobel Lecture, New York: Columbia University
Stiglitz, Joseph (2002), Globalization and its Discontents, New York; Norton & Company , tradução portuguesa Terra e Mar
Todaro, MIchael e Smith, Stephen (2003), Economic Development, 8th edition, Londres:Addison Wesley

Complementary Bibliography

The Economist Survey on Globalisation and its critics
27th November 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes, particularly targeted at introducing the themes that should be developed in the reports of the continuous evaluation

Software

World Bank Development Indicators data base

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

No obligatory attaining

Calculation formula of final grade

From 0 to 20; the students should achieve 10 in order to succeed