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2020年度


12000321 

△DEVELOPMENT ECON
Development Economics
2単位/Unit  秋学期/Fall  今出川/Imadegawa  講義/Lecture

  川浦 昭彦

<概要/Course Content Summary>

This course offers live streaming (most likely via Zoom) classes. For the students who are unable to attend the classes, recordings of the classes are made available for a limited time. 
 
This course will introduce students to the field of development with a focus on its economic aspect, and review theories/thoughts on the way poor economies become rich and discuss why policies based on them often failed.

<到達目標/Goals,Aims>

The objective of this course is to provide a better understanding of development issues. Students are expected to develop their own insights into the reasons why some economies are industrially advanced and rich, white others remain extremely poor.

<授業計画/Schedule>

(実施回/
Week)
(内容/
Contents)
(授業時間外の学習/
Assignments)
(実施回/ Week) Week 1  (内容/ Contents) Introduction 
Topic: What is "development"? 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 1: pp. 2-29. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 2  (内容/ Contents) Measures of economic development (Part 1) 
Topic: GDP as a gauge of economic activities 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 2: pp. 40-51. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 3  (内容/ Contents) Measures of economic development (Part 2) 
Topic: GDP and expenditure components 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 2: pp. 40-51. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 4  (内容/ Contents) Measures of economic development (Part 3) 
Topic: GDP 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Construct your own economy, and present it in the class. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 5  (内容/ Contents) Development Models (Part 1) 
Topic: Linear-stages theories (Rostow and Harrod-Domar) 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 3: pp. 118-124. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 6  (内容/ Contents) Development Models (Part 2) 
Topic: Structural-change model (Lewis) 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 3: pp. 124-131. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 7  (内容/ Contents) Development Models (Part 3) 
Topic: Aid, investment, and growth 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Easterly (2002) Chapter 2: pp. 25-44. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 8  (内容/ Contents) Development Models (Part 4) 
Topic: Import substitution development strategy 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Bruton (1998). 
(実施回/ Week) Week 9  (内容/ Contents) Development Models (Part 5) 
Topic: Dependency theories 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 3: pp. 131-135. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 10  (内容/ Contents) Development Models (Part 6) 
Topic: Neoclassical counterrevolution 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 3: pp. 135-140. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 11  (内容/ Contents) Presentation on policy failure, followed by class discussion (Part 1) 
Topic: Examples of failure: aid, investment, education, and debt forgiveness 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: (i) Read Easterly (2002) Part II. Panaceas That Failed, (ii) select a topic (chapter), (iii) summarize the content and present your opinion. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 12  (内容/ Contents) Presentation on policy failure, followed by class discussion (Part 2) 
Topic: Examples of failure: aid, investment, education, and debt forgiveness 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: (i) Read Easterly (2002) Part II. Panaceas That Failed, (ii) select a topic (chapter), (iii) summarize the content and present your opinion. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 13  (内容/ Contents) Presentation on development issues, followed by class discussion (Part 1) 
Topic: Poverty, population, urbanization, education, rural development, and environment 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: (i) Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 5-11, (ii) select a topic (chapter), (iii) summarize the content and present your opinion. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 14  (内容/ Contents) Presentation on development issues, followed by class discussion (Part 2) 
Topic: Poverty, population, urbanization, education, rural development, and environment 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: (i) Read Todaro and Smith (2015) Chapter 5-11, (ii) select a topic (chapter), (iii) summarize the content and present your opinion. 
(実施回/ Week) Week 15  (内容/ Contents) Final evaluation 
Topic: Review of the course contents 
 
(授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Assignment: Review the topics covered in the class. 

Course Requirements and Assignments 
 
Presentation: You have two presentations to make. 
 
(A) After the class covers GDP and its expenditure components (scheduled for Week 3), you are asked to "create your own economy" and present it in the class. You should prepare a A4 size material that describes your economy. 
 
(B) After "Neoclassical counterrevolution in the 1980s" (scheduled for Week 10), you will present your views and opinions on a selected development issue. Use of PowerPoint is required, and presentation should be no shorter than 15 minutes. 

<成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria>

Presentations  40%   
Quiz  30%   
Reports on guest speaker lectures  30%   

CLASSROOM POLICIES  
Students are expected to actively participate in the class through discussion and presentation.  
 
The assessment method above is designed for a class of about 20 students. If the class exceeds this size, the method may be revised after consultation with students in the first class. 

<テキスト/Textbook>

Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith , Economic Development ,  (12th ed.) .   (New York: Pearson Education, 2015) . 

 

William Easterly , The Elusive Quest for Growth :  Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics .   (Boston: MIT Press, 2002) . 

 

Henry J. Bruton. “A reconsideration of import substitution” , Journal of Economic Literature ,  Vol. 36 .   (1998) ,  pp. 903-936 . 

 

<備考/Remarks>

INSTRUCTOR: Akihiko Kawaura 
OFFICE: Shikokan 2F Room 254 
TELEPHONE: 075-251-3473 
EMAIL: akawaura@mail.doshisha.ac.jp 
OFFICE HOURS: by appointment 
 
Note: This syllabus will be subject to changes and/or revisions. 

 

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