International and Development Economics

The course introduces the concepts and theoretical schemes needed to understand how the main macroeconomic variables in an open economy are determined and modified as a result of fiscal and monetary policy.

The purpose of the course is to provide students with a good understanding of the meaning and the correctness of the economic information transmitted by the mass media; and then to introduce to the main economic policies of the government, of the Central Bank and the major international public actors in a macroeconomic context.