Econ 337. Syllabus. F 2019 . Abadeer PDF

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Calvin University -Economic Department Fall 2019 ECON 337: World Poverty and Economic Development NH 198, 10:30 – 11:45 am Syllabus (tentative) Contacts Instructor: Office Hours: hours. Dept. Coordinator: Library contact:

[email protected] Adel Abadeer NH-178 526-6199 MW 10:00 -11:30 am & F 1:30 – 3:00 pm. Bring textbook & classnotes to office Elena Gill, NH 167 Katherine Swart 526-6311

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Catalog Description 337 World Poverty and Economic Development (3). S. A study of the characteristics of poor nations in many regions of the world, and of factors that cause and influence economic development within countries. After examining conditions within poor nations, students analyze theories of economic growth and economic development. Subsequently, the course investigates differences and similarities in human and capital resource endowments, production, and trade relations. Problems, possibilities, and policies are analyzed in each of these topic areas. Prerequisites: Economics 221 and 222. Prerequisites Econ 221 and Econ 222, or equivalent courses Identity & Role Econ 337 satisfies one of the 330-345 course requirements for the Economics major. It also satisfies the core requirement of global and historical studies. Learning Objectives By the end of the semester, students should be able to: - understand the analytical and historical facts and trends of world poverty and economic development. - understand the main theories of economics development - explore and analyze the major internal and external problems and challenges facing Less developed countries - develop an informed Christian perspective, including a Reformed Christian worldview on issues of poverty, exclusion, and development. - write a comprehensive economic development research paper on an assigned developing country. Important Dates September 3 October 3 October 22 November 7 November 28 December 5 December 13

First class Exam 1, class time No class – Academic Advising Exam 2, class time No class – Thanksgiving Last class Final Exam, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, in the classroom

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Textbook & other Readings 1. Michael Todaro and Stephen Smith (2015). Economic Development . 12th Edition. Boston: Pearson. Available at the bookstore. 2. Adel Abadeer (2015). Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World . New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Available at the bookstore 3. Additional readings may be assigned during the course of the semester. Moodle (the course’s web site) http://moodle.calvin.edu Almost all course materials such as the syllabus, Handouts, assignments and solutions, Exams and sample exams and their solutions, announcements, course documents, staff information, and important external links to relevant macroeconomic information are available in Moodle. It will be updated during the course of the semester. You should check it regularly. Hekman Library If you need help with an assignment that requires library resources, contact our department’s librarian, Katherine Swart. Office: HL 307 (third floor of the library). Email: [email protected] . If Katherine isn't available, you can get research help 9am-10pm either in-person at the library’s 2nd floor Research Assistance Desk, or by email, text, or chat from the library’s homepage (http://library.calvin.edu); you can also set up an individual research appointment with any of the Hekman librarians from a link on the library’s site Assignments, Course project, Exams, and Grading Policy Event Weight Homework 15% Course Project 15% Exam 1 & 2 (each 20%) 40% Final Exam 30% Total 100%  

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A study guide and sample questions, and answer keys, for the midterm and final exams will be posted in Moodle. The grading/evaluations of exam’s answers is based on clarity, accuracy, and completion.  Students who are away or can’t attend the class must submit their assignments, as attachment, by email, by the start of the class on the day the assignment is due.  No grade for late submission of assignments.  All assignment will be posted in Moodle and communicated with students either in class or via email messages. Students have the opportunity to re-do and re-submit correct answers to assignment questions for extra credit only if they made the effort to answer such questions. The redo answers must be attached to the original answer-sheets and must be done within one week after receiving the answer-sheets. Copy-and-paste re-dos are not accepted and will be penalized. Papers, journals, and essays should follow the Modern Language Association (MLA) formatting and style: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/, or the American Psychological Association (APA) formatting and style: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

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Policies and Mutual Responsibilities Academic Dishonesty You are responsible for the information on plagiarism contained in the Student Conduct Code (Article IV. B)”; others add a reference to the English Department’s statement on plagiarism: (http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/101/tresources/plagiarism.htm) Students are encouraged to work with other students on assignments; however, each student is expected and required to write her/his answers on her/his own. Copying answers and or sharing same answers are forms of cheating, which is not tolerated. All cheating acts and behaviors are immediately reported to the College, for proper disciplinary penalty/response, in addition to receiving zero for the entire assignment. Students with disabilities Calvin University is committed to providing access to all students. If you are as student with a documented disability, please notify a disability coordinator in the Center for Student Success (located in Spoelhof University Center 360). If you have an accommodation memo, please come talk to me in the first two weeks of class. Moodle (the course’s web site) http://moodle.calvin.edu Most Econ 337 materials will be posted in Moodle, including the course syllabus, the outline and reading for each class; assignments and answer keys, study guide for exams, samples questions, exams, and answers keys to exams, handouts, external links, and so on. Email messages for every assignment will be sent to all students. It is the student’s responsibility to check her/his email and to check the Moodle site of the course regularly. Use of Technology in the Classroom Students may use computers in the classroom as long as there is no distraction to other students or the instructor. The use the computer in the classroom must be for education purpose of the class only. The use of cellphones in not allowed in the classroom. Computers are not allowed during exams. Attendance, Class Participation, and Preparation Attendance is strongly recommended. Excessive absences will be reported to Student Life. Students are responsible for the material covered in class during their absences. Students are encouraged to raise questions in class concerning anything in the texts or lectures. I will regularly call on students to answer questions and to share their views/perspectives on relevant issues covered in assignment or related to material covered in class. Students are expected to cover assigned reading before class to make class participation more productive and informative.

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Course Outline and Reading Assignments (Tentative) I: Development and the Less Developed Countries (LDCs) A] Global Perspective: Economics, Institutions, and Development - Todaro, chapter 1 and case study B] Comparative Development: Differences and Commonalities among Developing Countries. - Todaro, chapter 2 and case study - Abadeer. Chapters 1-3 C] Classic Theories of Economic Growth & Development: A Comparative Analysis - Todaro, chapter 3 including appendices 3.1 and 3.2 and case study II: Problems and Policies: Domestic A] Poverty, Inequality, and Development A1] Todaro, chapter 5 including appendices 5.1 and 5.2 and case study A2] Gender Discrimination: Capabilities, status, metanorms, cognitive dissonance - Abadeer, chapters 4-9 A3] Gender discrimination in the Arab world - Abadeer, chapters 10-14 B] Population Growth and Economic Development - Todaro, chapter 6 and case study C] Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration - Todaro, chapter 7 and case study D] Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development - Todaro, chapter8 and case study E] The Environment and Development - Todaro, chapter 10 and case study III: Problems and Policies: International A] International Trade Theory and Development: Experience & Strategy - Todaro, chapter 12 and case study...