Samstag, 31. August (Anreisetag) bis Samstag, 7. September (Abreisetag) 2024
This course has two primary objectives: First, it provides students with a solid overview of what we know about key topics of global development, such as the trends in poverty around the world, inequality, access to education and healthcare, international migration, world hunger and population growth. Second, it equips students with tools to critically assess statistical claims and analysis about these issues of global development, by providing an introduction to commonly used empirical methods. In other words: how to become an informed but critical consumer of data? Students will have some opportunities to strengthen their understanding of those methods in interactive case studies using real-world examples.
At the end of the course, the students will:
- have gained a big picture overview of global developments regarding poverty, inequality, growth, health, migration, taxation, climate change, population growth, etc.
- be able to critically assess a range of statistical methods to measure impact of policies
- have gained knowledge on different highly effective approaches and policies to tackle key issues of global development
Lead:
Prof. Dr. Dina Pomeranz, Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Constantine Manda, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine
Guest speakers (to be confirmed):
Spring Gombe, international expert in global health policy with a focus on access to health for underserved populations in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe
Dr. Kalaivani Karunanethy, Development Economist at the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich
Florence Makosewe, Manager Tax Transparency and Information Exchange at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
Carlos Recabarren, Area Chief Research Department at the Chilean Tax Authority (SII)
Participants: Interested students from all fields of study
Reader: A reader will be available electronically before start
Language: Englisch
informations générales: -> PDF
coordination: Lydia Tchambaz
administration: Michelle Hug
