Global Economy

The purpose of this course is to provide students an insight on how public policies for development purposes are developed, implemented and assessed.

Public sector, private sector, research, international cooperation, consulting, academia, and public policy development and analysis, among others.

1. Introduction to Development Policy.
2. Public Policy Evaluation.
3. Public Infrastructure and Urban Transport.
4. Health Policy.
5. Educational Policy.
6. Energy Policy.
7. Environmental Policy.
8. Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy.

The course on Development Politics includes a combination of two different practical activities:

• Seminars: Students will analyze suggested texts and undertake writing activities every week. Students will have to present written essays with their own thoughts and conclusions through Studium, and participate in class discussion and debates.
• Public Policy Research Project: Students will assess a public policy, prepare a report and present it in class.

BS1. Students must demonstrate to understand and manage specific knowledge for this area of study, based on general higher education. This knowledge is commonly based on advanced text books, but may also include some aspects belonging to the forefront of its area of study.

BS2. Students must demonstrate to know how to apply the acquired knowledge to their professional career or to their vocation in a professional way, and to have all required competencies that are usually demonstrated by building and defending arguments, and by solving problems within the area of study.

BS3. Students must show ability to gather and interpret relevant data, usually from their area of study, to make judgements based on a reflection on relevant topics from a social, scientific and ethical perspective.

BS4. Students must be able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized audience.

GS1. To apply the acquired knowledge to solve specific problems in new or unknown environments, within a wider (or multidisciplinary) contexts.

GS2. To know and apply several research methods in the area of social sciences with the purpose of analyzing problems linked to their area of expertise.

GS3. To develop organizational skills, task planning and project coordination, in order to foster teamwork.

GS4. To develop a set of skills to design and implement plans and problem-solving programs, from a global and multidisciplinary perspective.

SS10. To identify and describe poverty and inequality situations. Identify causal factors and analyze the evolution and achievements of different cases.

SS13. To identify and understand the different decision-making and problem-solving mechanisms within he international context..

Basic text book:

Guess, George M., and Thomas Husted (2016). International Public Policy Analysis. Routledge.

Additional references:

Hammet, Daniel (2024). Global Development. The Basics. 1^st edition. Routledge

Howlett, Michael (2019). Designing Public Policies. Principles and Instruments. 2^nd edition. Routledge.

Birkland, Thomas A. (2020). An Introduction to the Policy Process. 5^th edition. Routledge.

de Janvry, Alain; Elisabeth Sadoulet (2021). Development Economics. 2nd edition. Routledge.

Carbonnier, G. (Ed.) (2012). International Development Policy. Aid, Emerging economies and Global Policies. Palgrave Macmillan.

Karlan, D. and Jacob Appel (2016). Failing in the Field. What can we Learn when Field Research Goes Wrong. Princeton University Press.

Kragelund, Peter (2019). South-South Development. Routledge

Lanoszka, Anna (2018). International Development. Routledge.

Kütting, Gabriela, and Kyle Herman (2018). Global Environmental Politics. Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. 2^nd Edition. Routledge.

Death, Carl (2013). Critical Environmental Politics. 1^st Edition. Routledge.