{"id":8651,"date":"2025-07-15T12:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/course\/eco480-%ce%b5%cf%86%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%83%ce%bc%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%b7-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%80%cf%84%cf%85%ce%be%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%ae-%ce%bf%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%ba\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:31:22","slug":"eco480-applied-development-economics","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/course\/eco480-applied-development-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Development Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Applied Development Economics<\/h3>\n<p>Code: ECO480<br \/>\nSemester: The<br \/>\nTeachers: A. Bartzokas, P. Kostis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Presentation of basic theories of Development Economics for the understanding of the structural characteristics of the economic system and the evaluation of development policy options. The course combines academic research and development practice to familiarize students with models and empirical sources. It includes assignments, tutorials and student presentations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic concepts<\/li>\n<li>Empirical data<\/li>\n<li>Technological change<\/li>\n<li>Capital markets<\/li>\n<li>Industrial dynamics<\/li>\n<li>Economic crises<\/li>\n<li>Development finance<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable development<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of policy measures<\/li>\n<li>Development challenges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Evaluation:<\/strong> It is done by written progress and homework or by written examinations in the examination period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong> Political Economy of Growth and Growth. Registration and access to E-Class is required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching aids<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notes from the lecturer's deliveries<br \/>\nKostis Vaitsos &amp; Antonis Bartzokas, \"Development Economics\", Ed. Kritiki (Texts of Economic Thought and Social Reflection)<\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"course-type":[68],"semester":[85],"class_list":{"0":"post-8651","1":"course","2":"type-course","3":"status-publish","5":"course-type-68","6":"semester-85"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/8651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"course-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-type?post=8651"},{"taxonomy":"semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester?post=8651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}