economia de desenvolvimento agrário (rural) lecture notes 1 february 2008
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Economia de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Rural)
Lecture notes 1
February 2008
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Outline
• My background
• Background of students – expectations – through their representatives
• Schedule – agree with students
• Course content/required reading – discuss with students
• Objectives of the course
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My background
• MA in Economics 1968• UNDP and FAO Peru 1968-71• Economic Commission for Latin America 1971-
74• University of Lund PhD 1981• PhD course in environmental economics 2004• Mozambique 1979-81 and since then
consultancies about 2 times per year• For details: http://web.comhem.se/tom.alberts
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My co-ordinates
• My new Web Site: http://web.comhem.se/t.alberts
I will try to up-load lecture notes etc onto my Web Site.
• 82 39 62 600
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Schedule
• Mondays: 17:30-19:00
• Tuesdays: 15:45-17:15
• Wednesdays: 17:30-19:00 (not 13 February)
I will be available one hour before the lecture starts.
Extra session one Saturday - Internet
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Reading List
• I assume that you have read:
PLANO DE ACÇÃO PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA ABSOLUTA 2006-2009
Can be found on the Web (Portal do Governo)
and
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• ESTRATÉGIA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL (EDR) Setembro de 2007
• Decentralisation policies of the Government of Mozambique
• And the The Science and Technology Strategy of May 2006.
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Major textbook
• Todaro, Michael P. and Smith, Stephen C.
Economic Development 9th EditionIt is a big book with lots of useful references
For students visit: www.aw-bc.com/todaro_smith
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For those who have difficulties with basic Economics
• Samuelson, Paul A. and Nordhaus, William D.Economía
• It is a standard texbook in economics but any one will do.
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Case studies
• URBAN BIAS IN DEVELOPMENT REVISITED POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN TANZANIA
Tom Alberts
Stockholm, 8 February, 2005
Can be downloaded from my Web site (Adobe)
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Perhaps a book – …Can be downloaded from my Web Site
• Theoretical Framework• Wasting Water. Peru 1979 and Swaziland
1998, the same sad story• Vested Interests in Action. Two
Multinational Companies in Argentina 1985
• Using Scarce Resources Better. Mission Impossible?
• The Choice of Technology Revisited
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• Evaluation of IBIS extension programme in the Zambezia province (Report available)
• Mozambique – A Success Story in Poverty Alleviation? Can be down loaded from my Web Site.
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Objectives of the Course
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General objectives:
To provide the students with basic knowledge of applied economic theory relevant to Mozambican rural and agricultural development so as to enhance their capacity to analyze problems and propose practical solutions; and
To provide the students with a general background of the international discourse on economic and socio-economic development, with particular emphasis on rural and agricultural development.
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Specific objectives
Develop the students’ capacity to provide policy analysis and develop policy options;
Train the students to use the Internet to find relevant information for problem solving; and
Train the students to apply economic theory on specific problems including areas such as:
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…areas such as:
o The importance of defining costs and benefits in economic terms (costs and benefits to society)
oDomestic and international tradeo Foreign direct investments in Mozambican
agriculture – opportunities and threatso The choice of technology
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…areas such as:
oResource allocationo Pricing policyoMeasures on development such as the
Human Development Indexo Poverty issuesoDistribution of income and wealthoConstraints and possibilities of rural and
agricultural development in Mozambique
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For this you will have to understand
• Average and marginal productivity
• Total, average and marginal costs
• Supply and Demand curves
• Price and income elasticities
• Opportunity costs
• Net present value
• Discounting
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and
• Real and nominal values - inflation
• Consumer price index and other indices
• Profit maximization
• The difference between social and private costs and benefits
• Terms-of-Trade
• And …
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Course requirement
• Pass a written exam – date?
• Summarize 3 scientific articles within an area of interest to you and:– The articles should be written in English– They should be in the AGORA collection –
more than 900 academic journals available to you
– The Summary can be in Portuguese
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AGORA
• Web Site: www.aginternetwork.org
• User name: ag-MOZ002• Password: d9gV2QL3• The article must be from the
AGORA database!
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Googles
• Googles is very rapid• Use advanced search• Here you can rapidly find the articles you are
interested in You cannot download most academic articles!!
• Have to use AGORA• Try also Googles Scholar
• Time to practice!!!