Emner: ECON315 Utviklingsøkonomi II - Høst 2017




Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Master level

Undervisningsspråk

Norwegian or English

Undervisningssemester

Irregular (spring)

Mål og innhald

More than a billion individuals, mostly in low and middle income countries, live on less than $1.25 a day. The aim of this course is to broadly address the question: why are poor countries poor? In particular, we seek to identify both features of the organization of a poor economy as well as its external environment that could generate, perpetuate, and alleviate poverty at the macro-level. A mix of theoretical and empirical studies are utilised for this purpose. Among other topics, the following are highlighted:

Læringsutbyte

Etter å ha avslutta emnet skal studentane kunne:

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

A good knowledge of economics is recommended

Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning

Lectures

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

There is one assignment in the course that is obligatory. The assignment is to be graded approved or not approved. The grade for the course is based on the written examination provided that the students have passed the assignment. The obligatory assignment is valid for this and the three following terms.

Vurderingsformer

4 hours written exam.

Tillatne hjelpemiddel til eksamen:

Matematisk formelsamling av K Sydsæter, A. Strøm og P. Berck, formelsamling i matematikk av Utdanningsdirektoratet og kalkulator. Berre følgjande enkle, ikkje-programmerbare kalkulatorar utan grafisk display vert tillete brukt ved skriftlege prøvar:

Alle modellar av typane:

- Casio FX-82

- Hewlett-Packard HP30

- Texas instruments TI-30

Institutt for økonomi kan gjennomføre stikkprøvar av hjelpemidla i eksamenslokalet.

Karakterskala

Grading A-F

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Emneevaluering

All the courses at the Department of Economics are evaluated at the end of each semester.

Kontaktinformasjon

Department of Economics

E-mail: studieveileder@econ.uib.no

Tlf: +47 55 58 92 26