B029729 - DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ECONOMICS

Italian

In the first part of the course the economic development theories are presented. In the second part seminars will be held on specific and new issues regarding globalisation with a special focus on China, and household economics and gender development. In the third part the main and new actors and the strategies of international aid, the types and amount of aid as well as the main challenges are introduced.

Chapters
- Volpi, F. (Ultima edizione, 2010), Lezioni di economia dello sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano, capitoli 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
- Biggeri M. e Volpi F. (Ultima edizione, 2010), Teoria e politiche dell’aiuto allo sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2007, capitoli 1, 2,3,4,5,7 e 12 e appendici 2 e 5
- Biggeri M., (2008), “Le attività informali e i cluster come strategia di sviluppo umano e di lotta alla povertà in Africa sub-sahariana” in Pavanello M, Bellanca N., Biggeri M. e Libanora R. (a cura di), Le forme dell’economia e l’economia informale, Editori riuniti. Escluso il modello.
- Canitano G., Biggeri M., (2010), “Il panorama della cooperazione internazionale nel xxi secolo”, in M. Biggeri e G. Canitano (a cura di) (2010), Temi avanzati di economia e politica della cooperazione internazionale allo sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 21-36 Cap. 1
- Biggeri M., Chiappero Martinetti E. (2010), “Sviluppo umano sostenibile, capability approach e cooperazione internazionale”, in M. Biggeri e G. Canitano (a cura di), (2010), Temi avanzati di economia e politica della cooperazione internazionale allo sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 37-64, Cap. 2
- Preti A. (2010), “La relazione fra diritti umani e sviluppo umano nell’esperienza concreta di cooperazione in paesi in conflitto”, in Biggeri M. Canitano G. (a cura di) (2010), Temi avanzati di Economia e Politica della Cooperazione internazionale allo Sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano. Cap. 3.
- Libanora R. (2010), “Partecipazione e cooperazione internazionale: per uno sviluppo “dal basso”?”, in Biggeri M. Canitano G. (a cura di) (2010), Temi avanzati di Economia e Politica della Cooperazione internazionale allo Sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano. Cap. 4.
- Ruffini G. (2010), “Conflitti, emergenze e aiuto umanitario”, in Biggeri M. Canitano G. (a cura di) (2010), Temi avanzati di Economia e Politica della Cooperazione internazionale allo Sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano. Cap. 8. inclusa Testi E. (2010), “Appendice 5 “Aiuto ed emergenza”.
- Richey L. A, (2010), “La promozione dell’uguaglianza di genere nelle politiche estere di sviluppo”, in M. Biggeri e G. Canitano (a cura di), (2010), Temi avanzati di economia e politica della cooperazione internazionale allo sviluppo, FrancoAngeli, Milano, cap. 19.
- Biggeri M., Montagna F., Sanfilippo M. (2010), “La cooperazione internazionale Sud-Sud: il sistema di cooperazione cinese in Africa e la cooperazione tra Cuba e Venezuela”, in M. Biggeri and G. Canitano (eds), (2010), Cap 9.
- Biggeri e Bortolotti (2021), «Lo sviluppo economico della Cina: la fuoruscita dalla periferia», in Basile E., Biggeri M., Cecchi C., Volpi F. (a cura di) (2021) Istituzioni e sviluppo economico nel capitalismo contemporaneo. Il caso di Cina e India, FrancoAngeli, Milano
- Biggeri e Bortolotti (2021), «Il recente sviluppo della Cina: da periferia a centro del processo di globalizzazione», in Basile E., Biggeri M., Cecchi C., Volpi F. (a cura di) (2021) Istituzioni e sviluppo economico nel capitalismo contemporaneo. Il caso di Cina e India, FrancoAngeli, Milano
- Basile E. (2021), «Capitalismo senza qualità: contraddizioni e squilibri nel ventre molle dell’India», in Basile E., Biggeri M., Cecchi C., Volpi F. (a cura di) (2021) Istituzioni e sviluppo economico nel capitalismo contemporaneo. Il caso di Cina e India, FrancoAngeli, Milano
- Checchi C. (2021), «La transizione improbabile verso un “altro” modo di produzione nell’Antropocene» , in Basile E., Biggeri M., Cecchi C., Volpi F. (a cura di) (2021) Istituzioni e sviluppo economico nel capitalismo contemporaneo. Il caso di Cina e India, FrancoAngeli, Milano
- Deneulin, S. (Ed) (2009), An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach: Freedom and Agency, Earthscan, London Capitoli 1, 2

- Capitoli del testo di Bina Agarwal: Disuguaglianze di genere nelle economie in via di viluppo (Il Mulino, 2021)
1: Negoziazione e relazioni di genere. Dentro e fuori la famiglia.
2: Genere e controllo della proprietà. Una lacuna cruciale nell’analisi economica e nelle politiche in Asia del sud

For attending students some chapters will be different, Please note that are considered attending students those who will follow at least 70% of the classes (including seminars and practical classes)

The course aims to allow the student to understand the problems of economic growth and development, sustainable human development, economic policy actions, the main characteristics of international cooperation and some current issues concerning globalization, the informal sector, gender issues, economic transition and Chinese and Indian economic development.


KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of the state of the debate on the most effective and valid ways of promoting development in the countries of the South of the world.
Knowledge of the economic and institutional characteristics of developing countries, of the main economic theories of development and of the economic policies implemented in the last three decades in emerging countries and of the role of the informal sector.
Knowledge of the actors of international cooperation, of the forms and policies of international aid and of the relationships between conflicts and human development.

SKILLS:
The student is able to present the main economic theories regarding development processes, the main economic policies implemented, the types of international aid flows, the relationships between donors and beneficiaries and the problems related to the fungibility and conditionality of aid. international.
The student is able to use the concept of human development and is familiar with the international debate regarding economic development.
Skills acquired at the end of the course:
The student is aware of the state of the debate on the most effective and valid ways of promoting development in the countries of the South of the world. The student has the ability to understand and define development program objectives and tools and to analyze case studies.
The student is able to interpret the types and flows of international aid also on the basis of origin, to understand the direct and indirect economic and social effects of international aid both at a macroeconomic and microeconomic level. The student is also able to reflect on the SDGs and to use the data of the OECD DAC on international aid for quantitative / descriptive analysis. He is able to set up a report on the topics covered in the course.

CompulsorEconomia dello sviluppo (Development Economics)
Statistics, Economia politica (macro)

Frontal classes, 6 seminars and 2 practices

Written and oral exam in presence

(this could be modified according to the health rules in force)

The course aims to illustrate the main theories of development from classical economists in the mid-1900s, discussing the relevance of modern growth models and the requirements of a development analysis with particular attention to the problem of institutions. The factors of development are then examined: the accumulation of capital, demographic growth, technical progress, the formation of human capital, international trade, the distribution of income, analyzing the particular economic, social and institutional conditions in which they operate in underdeveloped economies. After an introduction to the capability approach, they are illustrated through some specific and current thematic seminars and lectures concerning globalization with a focus on the economic development of China and India. In the final part, the main characteristics of international cooperation are presented. With regard to international aid, the course focuses on the analysis of the objectives, instruments and economic effects of development aid programs and projects.
Examination of the type of aid and framework of the main changes in the priorities and instruments adopted from the post-war period to today.
- Introduction and structure of the course.
- Actors and objectives of economic policy and the panorama of international cooperation
- Growth theories: characteristics and limits
- The accumulation of capital, formation of internal savings and investment
- Capital accumulation, formation of internal savings and investment, economic and institutional limits of developing countries
- Development and participation seminar
- Human capital formation. Technical progress. Technology, research, learning, evolution and transf. techniques. FDI
- Globalization and foreign trade: its effects on efficiency and growth. Free trade and nascent industry: protectionism and its effects
- Two lessons on gender issues
- Cluster seminar of SMEs, local development, informal sector and CBO
- Human development and capabilities approach: introduction
- Human Development Seminar and capabilities approach: Child Labor, Children International Cooperation
- Income distribution, development and poverty, Horizontal inequality, Gender inequality
- Institutions and economics of transition
- Seminar Case study economic development of CHINA
- Seminar Case study economic development of CHINA and India
- Macroeconomic stabilization in transition countries: The Chinese case vs the Russian case
- International cooperation. Characteristics, types of aid and amount
- Economic theories of development and international cooperation
- Economic theories of development and international cooperation, global public goods and international cooperation
- International aid, fungibility, conditionality of aid
- Horizontal inequality and conflicts, cooperation in complex emergencies
- New actors: South-South cooperation introduction
- Seminar: a) Private Foundations and Social Business or b) Local Development, Decentralized Cooperation and UNDP ART Initiative
- The role of international aid in development: comparison thesis. Which policy for which development?

All the goals for sustainable development are analyzed