Teaching period

First semester: 23 September 2025 - 10 December 2025

Class hours

Monday: 10.00-12.00, Room TBA 

Wednesday: 14.00-16.00, Room TBA

Office hours
Please, write to flaviana.palmisano@uniroma1.it to make an appointment. 

Prerequisites

The course is designed for students with good knowledge of microeconomics. 

Programme

Defining and measuring development 

Comparative analysis of development 

Canonical models of development 

Recent advancements in development 

The role of health of development 

Measuring health for development 

Suggested Readings
Lecture slides and readings are provided during the course through Classroom (google suite platform). The code to access the platform will be provided during the courses. Please, register using the institutional e-mail address.    

Topics and readings may be added or deleted as the term progresses. 

The final program will be available at the end of the course. 

Grading

Paper presentation (50% of final mark). Students are required to present a paper to the class. The paper will be assigned at the beginning of the course.  

Written exam (50% of final mark). Students are required to answer two questions among the four that are proposed and that concern only the topics covered during the course. The written exam will last 60 minutes.

Exams schedule

TBA