wir893 - Development Economics (Complete module description)

Module label	Development Economics
Module code	wir893
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Economics)
Applicability of the module	Master Applied Economics and Data Science (Master) > Economics Master's Programme Sustainability Economics and Management (Master) > Supplementary Modules
Responsible persons	Bitzer, Jürgen (module responsibility) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (authorised to take exams) Bitzer, Jürgen (Module counselling)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module	The students are able: to identify an discuss empirical challenges in research on developing countries to understand, summarize, and discuss recent research studies in development economics evaluate strategies to reach sustainable economic development discussed in the public and politics participate in a discussion on the topic, developing a well-grounded position and problem solving strategy to present current research to and discuss it verbally and in written form to identify gaps in the literature on developing countries
Module contents	The module introduces the students to the current challenges of developing countries and the strategies to overcome them. The module will focus on the empirical research on developing countries, addressing the reasons for the sluggish development as well as the applied approaches to foster economic development. In the lecture the empirical methods used in development economics will be discussed. In the seminar current research papers on topics like poverty, conflicts, foreign aid, health, human capital and institutions in developing countries will be discussed.
Recommended reading	Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith (2014): Economic Development, 12^th Edition, Pearson: New York. Söderbom, Måns , Francis Teal, Markus Eberhardt, Simon Quinn and Andrew Zeitlin (2015): Empirical Development Economics, Routledge: New York.
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Language of instruction	English
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	Yearly
Module capacity	unlimited

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	SuSe or WiSe	28
Seminar	2	SuSe or WiSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	At the end of the lecture period	Formal presentation with written elaboration and discussion