"Globalisation and Rural Development" Summer Term 2007

Next exam "Globalisation and Rural Development":
Friday, 20 July at 11.00
Please let me know if you want to take it by writing an email to uli(ÄT)boku(punkt)ac(punkt)at

Timetable: The class will take place on Wednesdays from 16:00 - 17:30 at Guttenberghaus in Seminarraum 3 (SR03) on the ground floor.
Date Area Topic Details Literature
14 March Kick off Carify expectations, demands and administrative stuff. This will only take 30 minutes --
21 March Introduction Globalisation and Rural Poverty Introduction to the topic. More literature
28 March Development Measurment of Development: GDP, HDI, poverty measurment. More literature
25 April Globalisation International Economics International Trade I. More literature
2 May Globalisation International Economics International Trade II.
In Seminarraum 2 (SR02) next to the normal location!		 More literature
9 May Development Tools to understand rural livelihoods in Developming Countries Dr. Elisabeth Gotschi presents: Livelihood approach with reference to Mozambique. More literature
16 May Globalisation Recent Globalisation: reasons and perception With Mag. Stefan Pimmer and Mag. Johannes Kinzl
Download Notes to slides. 		More literature
23 May Case Study 1: Fossil fuels, mining and Development Development, Poverty and Mining, Social Impact Assessment, ... More literature
30 May Presentations 1: "Globalization and territorial identity ";
"Endogenous Development"		 Presented by: Kati Huttunen;
Presented by: Friedrich Leitgeb & Elena Sanz Soro 		More literature
6 June Case Study 2: Agriculture Growth, Supermarkets. The raise of supermarkets in Africa.
 More literature
13 June Case Study 2: How can organic farming help to deal with globalisation: example from NZ Presented by: Dr. John Fairweather, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Presented by: Jimmy Yang. 		More literature
20 June Presentations 2: "Influnece of Globalization on the Samoan Tourist Development" Presented by: Dominique Reithofer & Karl Kofler
27 June Written Exam Details see below. Results of the Exam.



Results of the Exam.




Notes:
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Exam: Relevant for the exam is the following literature (limited, of corse, to what we discussed in class):
International Economics: J. Gerber, Chapter 3, 4, and 6
Poverty: P. Rosner, Chapter 8.4 (Measuring Poverty)
HDI: Definition (slides from 28 March and Wikipedia)
Livelihood Approach: Slides 9 May (for further Info can also use F. Ellis)
Globalisation: Dimensions of Globalisation and Reasons for Globalisation (Slides and Notes 16 May)
Mining: M. Ross, Chapter 3.


















Impressum:
Ulrich Morawetz
1180 Wien