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MRS / WDE
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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MRS
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WDE
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Development Economics
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
4
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Exercise
1
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The main aim of the course is to analyse the major economic issues faced by developing countries, especially from the micro-economic perspective.
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Requirements on student
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For succesful completion of the course, students are required to complete a written exam covering the course materials.
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Content
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The course analyses issues faced by developing countries, with a special focus on the microeconomic perspective at the graduate level. Following an introduction to the subject, the course focuses on the economic growth, new growth theories and contemporary models of development and underdevelopment. Other discussed topics include: poverty, inequality, population growth, the issues of human capital (education and health), urbanization and rural-urban interaction, land reform, labor markets, credits and insurance issues, roles of markets and states and strategies of economic development.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Ray, D. (1998). Development economics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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Basic:
Todaro, M. P., Smith, S. C.. (2006). Economic development (9th edition). Boston: Addison Wesley.
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Recommended:
Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Recommended:
Easterly, W. (2002). The elusive quest for growth: economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
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Recommended:
Sachs, J. D.. (2005). The end of poverty: economic possibilities of our time. New York: Penguin Press.
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Recommended:
Banerjee, A., Benabou, R.,Mookherjee, D. (2006). Understanding Poverty. Oxford University Press.
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On-line library catalogues
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
Ideally, a development economics course at an undergraduate level (such as MRS/REP1 or/and MRS/REP2). |
Competences acquired |
Upon completion of the course students should have deeper understanding of the economic issues faced by developing countries, in particular in the microeconomic sense. |
Teaching methods |
- Lecture
- Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Assessment methods |
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