GRA 5923 Development Studies; Trade, Aid and Microfinance
APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
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GRA 5923 Development Studies; Trade, Aid and Microfinance Responsible for the course Anne Welle-Strand Department Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Term According to study plan ECTS Credits 6 Language of instruction English Introduction The dynamics of development and knowledge of what affects it, is becoming crucial for handling an increasingly complex environment in an ever more globalized world. This course presents central topics in development studies in a theoretical framework, combined with practical case studies at home and abroad. Learning outcome This course provides an overview of central topics in international development. It will provide students with theoretical frameworks for analyzing multi-level development issues as well as practical knowledge of the actual challenges and opportunities. The course attempts to answer, among others, the following questions:
The course is designed to enhance the students' ability to critically assess political, economic and management issues surrounding international development. In order to address the practical aspects of this, one or more of the sessions will be held during a voluntary excursion to a developing country. Prerequisites Microeconomics (GRA6031 or GRA6037 or eq.), foundation courses in strategy and/or political economy or eq. Compulsory reading Books: Collier, Paul. 2007. The bottom billion : why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford University Press Collection of articles: Compendium of Journal Articles, including articles/chapters. Other: During the course there may be hand-outs and other material on additional topics relevant for the course and the examination. Recommended reading Books: Castells, Manuel. 2000-2004. The information age : economy, society and culture. 2nd ed. Blackwell. All Three Volumes Counts, Alex. 2008. Small loans, big dreams : how Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus and microfinance are changing the world. New ed. Wiley. Tidligere utg. med tittel: Give us credit. Daley-Harris, Sam and Anna Awimbo, eds.. 2006. More pathways out of poverty. Kumarian Press Dowla, Asif and Dipal Barua. 2006. The poor always pay back : the Grameen II story. Kumarian Press Drake, Deborah and Elisabeth Rhyne, eds. 2002. The Commercialization of microfinance : balancing business and development. Kumarian Press Easterly, William. 2006. The white man's burden : why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good. Penguin Press Moyo, Dambisa. 2009. Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa. Allen Lane Perkins, Dwight H., Steven Radelet and David L. Lindauer. 2006. Economics of development. 6th ed. W.W. Norton & Co Prahalad, C. K. 2010. The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid : eradicating poverty through profits. Rev. and upd. 5th anniversary ed. Pearson Education Przeworski, A ... [et al.]. 2000. Democracy and development : political institutions and well-being in the in the world, 1950 – 1990. Cambridge University Press Ray, Debraj. 1998. Development economics. Princeton University Press Sachs, Jeffrey D. 2005. The end of poverty : how we can make it happen in our lifetime. Penguin Books Sen, Amartya. 1999. Development as freedom. Oxford University Press Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2003. Globalization and its discontents. W.W. Norton Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2006. Making globalization work. W.W. Norton Course outline
Computer-based tools World Bank – The World Development Index IMF – World Economic Outlook Freedom House World Competitiveness Report Harvard Business School – Cluster profiles It's learning/homepage Learning process and workload A course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of 160-180 hours. The course will be run with lectures, which may include a study trip to a developing country. Participation in the study trip is not mandatory. The destination will be decided at a later stage, but will be a country where the interactions between business, government and civil society is clearly visible and to where MICRO and BI have good connections to government, organizations, corporations and educational institutions. Please note that class attendance is compulsory. It is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/It's learning or text book. Examination Your course grade will be based on the following activities and weights: 70 % of the grade will be based on a term paper (written by one or two students) 30% of the grade will be based on in-class participation, presentations and discussions All parts of the evaluation must be passed in order to obtain a grade in the course. Specific information regarding student evaluation beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class. This information may be relevant for requirements for term papers or other hand-ins, and/or where class participation can be one of several elements of the overall evaluation. This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam elements) and one final exam code. Each exam element will be graded using points on a scale (e.g. 0-100). The elements will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the course. You will find detailed information about the point system and the cut off points with reference to the letter grades on the course site in It’s learning. Examination code(s) GRA 59231 accounts for 100% of the final grade GRA 5923. Examination support materials Exam aids at written examinations are explained under exam information in our web-based Student handbook. Please note use of calculator and dictionary. http://www.bi.edu/studenthandbook/examaids Re-sit examination It is only possible to retake an examination when the course is next taught. The assessment in some courses is based on more than one exam code. Where this is the case, you may retake only the assessed components of one of these exam codes. Where this is not the case, all of the assessed components of the course must be retaken. All retaken examinations will incur an additional fee. Additional information Honor Code Academic honesty and trust are important to all of us as individuals, and represent values that are encouraged and promoted by the honor code system. This is a most significant university tradition. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the ideals of the honor code system, to which the faculty are also deeply committed. Any violation of the honor code will be dealt with in accordance with BI’s procedures for cheating. These issues are a serious matter to everyone associated with the programs at BI and are at the heart of the honor code and academic integrity. If you have any questions about your responsibilities under the honor code, please ask. |
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