This course aims to teach students to analyze current economic processes from a critical approach. To this end, it focuses on the study of development and underdevelopment processes, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective.



This includes the analysis of the main currents of economic thought that have marked the debates on the conceptualization and strategies of development, including a current vision of the most significant dimensions and proposals regarding sustainable human development.



This subject has a close link with the subjects analyzed in International Economics, in the first four-month period of the second year of the Bachelor's Degree in Economics, as well as with the optional subject of International Economic Organization in the third year. In the second year, subjects related to international organizations linked to socio-economic development are introduced, which will be studied in depth in the third year by students who are interested in them.

The basic competencies to be promoted throughout this course are:



1. to become familiar with the search and selection of international economic information related to development processes through intérnet and libraries, with emphasis on the quality of sources and contents.

2. To analyze, reflect and evaluate in a reasoned and critical spirit, both individually and in groups, statistical data, documents and articles related to the reality of international inequalities and inequalities within countries (ethnic, gender, subaltern social groups, ...).

3. Write and adequately expose reports and studies on development economics.

4. Adopt effective learning strategies, adjusting to the available deadlines.

5. Participate actively in group work processes.



As a result of the participatory methodology followed in all phases of the course, students will be able to develop their analytical, discursive and expository skills on the topics covered. The tasks carried out contribute to the development of both individual and collective competences of the students.

CONTENTS



1. DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE



2. EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT



3. POVERTY, WEALTH, INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION



4. FINANCING DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Throughout the course, students are accompanied in their learning process, both in the basic theoretical contents of the subject, as well as in their relational skills with the rest of the group. For this purpose, tasks are carried out, collected in a record book, and computer practices.



At the individual level, students must carry out continuous work throughout the course, since in the lectures time is also devoted to personal reflection on the topics analyzed. This individual work must be collected in a record book in which all the tasks carried out in the master classes and in some practices and seminars are included. All this allows them to develop their capacity for orderly and reasoned written expression. It is also intended that in this way the students make a continuous monitoring of the course and can observe their own evolution throughout the course.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 50
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 10
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 30
  • Cuaderno de trabajo o bitácora (%): 10

50% written exam

50% class work

Students who do not pass the course in the ordinary call may take the final exam in the extraordinary call, which will have a maximum value of 10 points and will include all the contents and competences worked in the course during the course.



In the event that the health situation requires it and the written test cannot be taken in person, it will be replaced by an individual work and/or an online written or oral test.

Chang, H. J. (Ed.). (2003). Rethinking development economics. Anthem Press.

Meier, G. M., & Rauch, J. E. (1995). Leading issues in economic development (Vol. 6). New York: Oxford University Press.

Milanovic, B. (2007). Globalization and inequality. Global inequality: Patterns and explanations, (2).

Basic bibliography

Milanovic, B. (2019). Capitalism, alone. In Capitalism, Alone. Harvard University Press.



Pérez Orozco, A. (2011). Global care chains: Toward a rights-based global care regime?. (No Title).



Piketty, T. (2022). A brief history of equality. Harvard University Press.

In-depth bibliography

Bustelo, Pablo (1998): Teorías contemporáneas del desarrollo económico. Editorial Síntesis, Madrid.
CEPAL (urte batzuk): Panorama social de América Latina , CEPAL, Txileko Santiago.
Charvet, J.P. (2004): La alimentación ¿qué comemos?, Larrousse Biblioteca Actual.
Polanyi, Karl (2003): "La gran transformación", Fondo de Cultura Económica: Mexico
Rostow, W.W. (1993): "Las etapas del crecimiento económico. Un manifiesto no comunista". Enplegu eta Gizarte Segurantza- Ministerioa.
Sousa Santos, Boaventura de, (2005): "El milenio huérfano. Ensayos para una nueva cultura política". Trotta, SL.

Journals

Web addresses

World Bank: www.worldbank.org
CEPAL= ECLAC: www.eclac.cl
FAO: www.fao.org
OECD stats: https://stats.oecd.org/
OIT: www.ilo.org
UNDP: www.undp.org
UNCTAD: www.unctad.org
UNICEF: www.unicef.org
VIA CAMPESINA: www.viacampesina.org
World Inequality Report: https://wir2022.wid.world/