This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

None

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able :
Define poverty reduction strategies;
realise these address multiple aims;
Define different types of poverty reduction strategies.

Course description

1. Introduction
1.1 Why alleviate poverty?
1.2 The economics of state intervention;
1.3 The economics of insurance, moral hazard and adverse selection;
1.4 A brief history of poverty alleviation: from poor laws to international cooperation.

2. UN-related poverty reduction strategies
2.1 Millennium Development Goals;
2.2 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers;
2.3 Case studies.

3. Poverty reduction in developed countries: the case of EU
3.1 Poverty across the EU: measuring and defining;
3.2 The pros and cons of minimum guaranteed income;
3.3 Child-related and family policies;
3.4 Poverty prevention through social insurance;
3.5 Case studies in EU countries.

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• Interactive class
• Presentation
• Project work
• Research

Assessment

Groups are composed of 2-3 students. Individual research can only be accepted exceptionally. Group research is presented during class. After a 10-minute presentation, there will be a 10-minute discussion with class.
Group research will focus on a specific national poverty reduction strategy. Students can analyse a specific poverty reduction project in developing countries or in developed countries.

Recommended reading

• Gérard Roland (2014). Development Economics. Prentice Hall -

• Nicholas Barr (2012). Economics of the Welfare State. Fifth Edition. Oxford University Press. -

Internet resources

• MISSOC Database:

• http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty

• www.undp.org

• http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/prsp.htm