Courses

URBAN ECONOMICS

DescriptionCourse StructureGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription Urban economics is a branch of economics which stemmed from microeconomics in the 1940s and combined knowledge in this field and geography. This branch of economics addresses the issue of urbanization and formation of cities based on the theory of agglomeration and individual’s housing location decision. By understanding that underlying mechanism, [...]

HUMAN BEHAVIOR and EXPERIMENTS in DEVELOPMENT

DescriptionGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription Learning objectives 1. Understand the behavioral foundations of human decision-making and development 2. Differentiate types of experiments in the lab and field 3. Acquire first practical skills and knowledge on how to design behavioral interventions and experiments Course description If we want to study development and design better development policies, we ultimately [...]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE and INVESTMENT POLICIES for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

DescriptionGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription Learning objectives At the end of the course, you will be able to: • Critically evaluate applied international trade and investment theories and stylized facts in the context of sustainable development and communicate this assessment effectively. • Understand the most influential theoretical and applied tools of international trade and investment for developing [...]

RESEARCH PAPER

DescriptionGrading PolicyDescription  Learning objectives Students will develop a Research Paper (RP) as the final requirement to complete the MA Programme. This course represents the individual part of the Research Paper process with the support of a supervisory team. The RP must focus on issues related to the Major for which the student is registered. If [...]

ECONOMETRICS ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

DescriptionGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription Learning objectives By the end of the course students will be equipped with the necessary methodological skills required to understand published empirical papers in development studies/economics. Through their assignments they will have developed the ability to conduct empirical research using a variety of impact evaluation methods and time-series econometric techniques. Overall, at [...]

GROWTH, INEQUALITY and POVERTY

DescriptionGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription This course will address matters related to long-term economic growth, as well as related issues in inequality (the distribution of income and wealth) and poverty that ultimately contribute to sustainable development. One of the major problems associated with development are the low-incomes of today’s developing countries. For most poor countries growth constitutes [...]

BEHAVIORAL FINANCE

The main learning aim of this MA-level course is for students to understand and critically engage with the behavioral dimensions of economic and financial decisions in the context of low and middle-income countries. The first part reviews basic concepts in behavioral economics and finance (incl. biases, heuristics, non-standard risk and time preferences, nudging). Students will […]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes international trade as an engine for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction, and as an important means to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This course is aimed at giving students a thorough understanding of the key theoretical foundations and policy debates in international trade for development. The […]

MONEY BANKING

DescriptionCourse StructureGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription This course engages with topics related to financial markets and institutions central banking and monetary policy, economic sanction. Each topic is first motivated with relevant empirical facts and then rigorously analyzed using an appropriate theoretical framework. By the end of this course, students will be able to explain important economics notions [...]

PROJECT APPRAISAL

The course will be divided into two parts. Approximately the first half of the course will deal with the financial and risk analyses of projects, while the second half of the course will deal with the economic and social analyses of projects. The first half of the course deals with the construction of cash flow […]

DATA SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS

DescriptionCourse StructureGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription Identify the role of data and data science capability as a strategic asset; Knowing about descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics and appreciate the relationships between these streams; Recognize how different data science methods can support business decision-making; Knowing some basic data analytic techniques for solving business problems; Knowing about Python which [...]

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR ECONOMISTS

DescriptionCourse StructureGrading PolicyReading MaterialsDescription This course introduces students to the basics of research methodology for economists. The main aim is to facilitate participants’ work on their research thesis from start to completion. After the course, students will have gained knowledge of key methodological issues and choices in economics. They will be comfortable with formulating their [...]
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