MRS/XDVE Development Economics

Lecturer: Jaromír Harmáček
Lecture: 2 hours/week + exercise 1 hour/week
Credits: 6
Summer semester
Form of course completion: course credit, exam

This course will analyse issues faced by developing countries especially from the microeconomic perspective at the graduate level. Following an introduction to the subject the course will focus on the economic growth, new growth theories and contemporary models of development and underdevelopment. Other topics considered will include: poverty, inequality, population growth, the issues of human capital (education and health), urbanization and rural-urban interaction, land reform, labor markets and credits and insurance issues, roles of markets and states and strategies of economic development.