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Economia de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Rural)

Economia de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Rural). Lecture notes 1 February 2008. 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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Economia de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Rural)

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  1. Economia de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Rural) Lecture notes 1 February 2008

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. My co-ordinates • t.alberts@devpro.se • 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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)

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. Objectives of the Course

  14. 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.

  15. 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:

  16. …areas such as: • The importance of defining costs and benefits in economic terms (costs and benefits to society) • Domestic and international trade • Foreign direct investments in Mozambican agriculture – opportunities and threats • The choice of technology

  17. …areas such as: • Resource allocation • Pricing policy • Measures on development such as the Human Development Index • Poverty issues • Distribution of income and wealth • Constraints and possibilities of rural and agricultural development in Mozambique

  18. 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

  19. 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 …

  20. 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

  21. AGORA • Web Site: www.aginternetwork.org • User name: ag-MOZ002 • Password: d9gV2QL3 • The article must be from the AGORA database!

  22. 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!!!

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