33310a
Advanced Lecture Course
SoSe 24: Social Policy in Latin America/ Sozialpolitik in Lateinamerika
Manuel Santos Silva
Information for students
For BA-Economics students: students must attend also the seminar “Social Policies in Latin America” together with this lecture in order to complete the module “Finanz- und Wirtschaftspolitik: Ausgewählte Fragestellungen”.
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Comments
This course offers an introduction to the economic analysis of social policies, with a regional focus on Latin America. Students will become familiar with public policy design, implementation, and evaluation from a theoretical and empirical perspectives. In addition, special attention is paid to political economy processes of policymaking: why are some social policies adopted but not others? Why do policymakers design and implement policies in certain ways? A wide variety of policies and sectors are covered: poverty, inequality, labor markets, education, health, (in)security, gender, environment, among others. The course languages are English and German. close
Suggested reading
UNDP. (2021). Trapped: High Inequality and Low Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean.
World Bank (2004) World Development Report 2004: Making services work for poor people.
Gertler, P. J., Martinez, S., Premand, P., Rawlings, L. B., & Vermeersch, C. M. J. (2016). Impact Evaluation in Practice Second Edition (Second). International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank. In addition, selected readings from the literature for each case study.
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13 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2024-04-17 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-04-24 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-05-08 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-05-15 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-05-22 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-05-29 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-06-05 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-06-12 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-06-19 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-06-26 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-07-03 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-07-10 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2024-07-17 08:00 - 10:00