Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Monfort Philippe;
Language
English
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The objective of the class is to provide students with the factual and theoretical knowledge regarding the problematic of regional development and regional disparities, in general and in the specific context of the European Union (EU). Such knowledge will be developed so as to help students to formulate a critical analysis of the policies implemented by the EU under the objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The class starts with a description of regional disparities in the EU such as measured under various dimensions (GDP per capita, growth, unemployment, education, R&D). It then presents the principles of two important fields of economics that are used to address such issues, namely growth theory and economic geography. On this basis, the class discusses different options in terms of regional development and regional policy. The last part of the class is devoted to the description of the EU regional policy, the analysis of its implementation modalities as well as the evaluations of its impact of the regions of the EU.
Evaluation methods
Written or oral examination.
Other information
Prerequisite: LEUSL2031 "Politique économique européenne" or LLSMS2060 "European economic policy"
Support: to be determined by the professor in charge.
Support: to be determined by the professor in charge.
Faculty or entity
EURO
