International Trade and Development Economics

COURSE OBJECTIVE
Upon completion of this course you will:
- Know the standard theories of international trade ( (Bridging Theory and Practice - Knowledge);
- Understand how to conduct welfare analysis on various types of trade policies (academic and research skills)
- Be familiar with the empirical patters in international trade (Academic and Research Skills; Briding Theory and Practice - Application);
- Be aware of the issues that arise in measuring poverty and inequality (Briding Theory and Practice - Knowledge);
- Know the main models for analysis economic development (Briding Theory and Practice - Knowledge);
- Understand how to conduct a policy analysis (Academic and Research Skills)

COURSE CONTENT
This course provides an introduction to the analysis of trade and economic development. The course has two components. The first is about international trade. Besides discussing the fundamental theories of trade, we will discuss how they related to recent concerns regarding globalization, fair trade, and international regulation of multi nationals.

The other component of the course is about economic development of low and middle income counties. We will discuss historic trends and models for development. The next topic is about governance, with a particular focus on corruption. We provide an introduction to how to conduct policy analysis, and will apply it to education policies. Last, we will discuss the measurement of poverty, inequality within countries, and across. These will be related to programs that transfer resources to the poor.

TEACHING METHODS
Lectures
Tutorials

TYPE OF ASSESSMENT
Assignments - individual and group based
Final exam- individual

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Macroeconomics I and Microeconomics I