Course

HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability I

Lectures in this course (156)

Does Growth Benefit Everyone? - Decomposition of Growth Rate

Explores if economic growth benefits all individuals in low-income countries.

Need for Economic Growth: Conclusions and Outlook

Explores the need for economic growth, emphasizing inclusive growth to reduce poverty and inequality, while proposing sustainable alternatives.

Mozambique's Debt Crisis

Explores Mozambique's public debt crisis, from questionable loans to bankruptcy.

Natural Resource Abundance and High Income

Examines the relationship between natural resource abundance and high income, focusing on the impact of large-scale tax avoidance and the dependence of African countries on mining.

Hotelling's Rule: Implications

Explores Hotelling's rule and its implications on resource rent growth, extraction rates, and sustainable development.

Introduction to Resource Efficiency

Delves into resource efficiency, decoupling economic growth from resource use, and the environmental Kuznets curve, using Switzerland as a case study.

Production and Capital Basics

Introduces the basics of production factors, capital dynamics, investment determinants, and human capital accumulation.

Environmental Impact and Efficiency

Delves into environmental impact, efficiency, IPAT formula, Kaya decomposition, decoupling, and rebound effect in various sectors.

Sustainability: Introduction

Explores historical precursors, collapse of fisheries, caring for future generations, key concepts, Brundtland Report, and Earth Summit outcomes.

Sustainability: Introduction and Sustainable Development Goals

Covers sustainability pillars, development goals transition, and holistic environmental protection approach.

Sustainability: Understanding Different Capitals

Explores the concept of different capitals in sustainability and the role of social trust and cooperation.

Sustainability: Capitals and Sustainable Development

Explores sustainability through different types of capital and conditions for sustainable development, emphasizing the preservation of total capital.

Basics 2: Capital & Saving

Covers the basics of capital and saving, including the relationship between saving and investment.

Sustainability: Wealth-Based Assessment

Explores wealth-based assessment for testing sustainability, wealth accounting, natural capital use, convergence in wealth, ANS calculation, and project topics.

Inequality: GDP per Capita Disparities Analysis

Explores GDP per capita disparities, growth rates, convergence trends, and challenges faced by least-developed countries.

Inequality: Between Countries

Discusses income disparities, growth models, education impact, poverty challenges, and geographic influences on economic development.

Introduction to EGS II

Introduces students to sustainable development goals, decarbonisation, and population control.

Economic Growth: Main Components of GDP

Explores the components of GDP, national savings, and trade imbalances.

Understanding Poverty: Measurement & Evolution

Delves into poverty's definition, measurement, and evolution, including multidimensional aspects and global poverty reduction progress.

Efficient Aid: Recognizing and Helping the Poor

Explores ethical dilemmas in poverty intervention, including private aid and aid efficiency.