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Teaching - Master Programme

This page is devoted mainly to Master's students, and collects information on Master's lessons, documents, examinations and other useful material.

• Jump to the Master's course structure
Presents the Master's lessons plan

• Master's students noticeboard
Collects useful information and materials for master's students, i.e. slides, lecture notes, and notices.

• Download the master's lesson schedule in Excel format.
The Master's lesson schedule, updated at March, 18, 2006.

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Describes master's aim and scope, and collects information on master's admission procedures.

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Master's course structure

The provisional programme of lectures is as follows. Each lecture will take two hours. Courses will begin on February, 6, 2006. Exact dates and lectures' contents will be available week after week. Other useful information on our teaching activities can be found on the master's noticeboard.

Basic concepts
Course Lecturer Lectures
Basic Concepts in Micro-economic Theory Claudio Cecchi
4
Economic Growth
and Economic Development
Ferruccio Marzano
2
From the Natural Economy to the Capitalist Economy Elisabetta Basile
2
Agrarian Question and Agricultural Development Elisabetta Basile
2
Total number of lectures
10

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Agricultural Development and Intersectoral Relations
Course Lecturer Lectures
Intersectoral Relations and Economic Growth Elisabetta Basile
2
Agrarian Change and Diversification of Economic Activities in Rural Areas Elisabetta Basile
2
Contractual Arrangements in Agriculture Claudio Cecchi
2
Land Reform Paolo Groppo
4
Total number of lectures
10

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Rural and Urban Development
Course Lecturer Lectures
Rural Development Stefano Grando
6
Urban Upgrading and Requalification Stefano Grando
2
Urban Development Pietro Valentino
6
Total number of lectures
14

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Local Development and
Clusters of small and medium firms
Course Lecturer Lectures
Local Development and Industrial Districts Marco Bellandi
4
Small and Medium Firms and Local Rural Development Claudio Cecchi
6
Clusters of Small and Medium Firms in Developing Countries Elisabetta Basile
2
Total number of lectures
12

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Projects for Local Rural Development
Course Lecturer Lectures
Project Formulation, Monitoring and Evaluation using Logical Framework Approach (LFA) Massimo Rossi
7
EC External Monitoring for
ACP Countries
Clare Sycamore
2
IFAD Projects in Asia Mattia Prayer Galletti
2
IFAD Projects in Africa Cristiana Sparacino
2
IFAD Projects in Latin America Ladislao Rubio
2
Total number of lectures
16

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Decentralised Cooperation
Course Lecturer Lectures
Decentralized cooperation: the case of Veneto region Elena Pisani
4
Decentralization and Rural Development Massimo Rossi
4
Total number of lectures
8

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Resources for local development
Course Lecturer Lectures
Population and Growth Maria Chiara Di Cesare
2
Sustainable Tourism and Poverty Giulio Querini
3
Energy micro-sources for Local Development Maurizio Boccacci Mariani
3
Biotechnologies and Rural Development Maria Fonte
5
Sustainable Development Molinas
2
Regional Planning Giorgio Spinelli
2
Total number of lectures
17

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History, Culture and Social Conflicts
Course Lecturer Lectures
Social Movements Christine Lutringer
4
Inter-cultural Dialogue Giorgio Milanetti
3
World Systems Analysis Edvige Bilotti
5
Problems of Rural History Mario Prayer and Sajukta Das Gupta
7
Gender approach and development Barbara Benedetti
2
Total number of lectures
20

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Social Capital and Human Capital
Course Lecturer Lectures
What is social capital Fabio Sabatini
5
Social capital, human development and economic development Fabio Sabatini
5
Human development Francesco Carlucci
2
Human capital and local development in developing countries Ugo Pica Ciamarra
5
Sustainable livelihoods FAO Officer
2
The role of the state in the creation of social capital and local development Mariangela Zoli
5
Total number of lectures
24

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Globalisation and Poverty
Course Lecturer Lectures
Globalisation and Local Rural Development Marco Cavalcante
5
Liberalisation, Structural Adjustment and Rural Poverty Marco Cavalcante
5
Pollution and Local Development Marcelo Enrique Conti
2
Human rights and right to food Silvestri
2
Famine and hunger Paul Howe
2
International economic institutions: historical developent and current functions Leonardo Ditta
8
The Informal Rural Economy Elisabetta Basile
2
Total number of lectures
26

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