Economics of development Seminar

Duration

24h SEM

Number of credits

Lecturer

Thomas Dogot, Philippe Lebailly

Coordinator

Thomas Dogot

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The introduction presents the concepts and paradigms of development economics and rural development. Seminars are organized according to some themes choosen together by students and teachers. These themes deal with concrete problems related to rural economics and sociology in developed as well as in developing economics. Seminars are organized in order to encourage active participation of students. Students are invited to prepare each seminar with the appropriate litterature available to them.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objectives of the seminars are to analyse and to go deeply into issues that are specific to rural economics and sociology and to address these issues with the available quantitative methods. Group projects, presentations from externals with professional or academic experience and field trips contribute to reach these objectives.
After completing the course the student is expected to :

• Grasp the specific problems in the economy of the development
• Argue a position during a statement or a debate
• Criticize and make a scientific summary

• Analyze the external components of an agronomic system and their interactions with a related value chain in developed and developing countries
• Design, dimension and optimize an integrated, sustainable and resilient production system adapted to the contexts
• Analyze the socio-economic and environmental aspects of a technical project and their impact on society and the environment
• Argue and discuss results and recommendations effectively and adapt to the target audience

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Lectures : 24h

Recommended or required readings

See documentary resources available online

See documentary resources available online

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is subject to continuous evaluation based on the writing of reports (50%) and a synthesis exercise (50%).
The evaluation of the reports leads to a single score for both exam sessions.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Lebailly Philippe, (Professeur Ordinaire)
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés 2 5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622361 Philippe.Lebailly@ulg.ac.be
Dogot Thomas, (Chargé de cours)
+32 81 622364 Thomas.Dogot@ulg.ac.be(Philippe.Lebailly@ulg.ac.be)