2023-2024 / ECON2253-2

Economics of development Seminar

Duration

18h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Hossein Azadi, Thomas Dogot

Coordinator

Thomas Dogot

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

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 related to rural economics and sociology in developed as well as in developing countries. 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. Presentations from externals with professional or academic experience 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
The course helps develop students' skills in the following stages of development: 



  • 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, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Lectures : 18h

Recommended or required readings

See documentary resources available online

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

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)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Dogot Thomas, (Coord.)
Thomas.Dogot@uliege.be
+32 81 622364

Azadi Hossein
Hossein.azadi@uliege.be

Bât. 18 GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux

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