Economic Policy
Course objectives
A) Knowledge and understanding - Students will be required to demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of the topics covered during the course and presented in the reference bibliography; they will be able to prove to possess abilities of analysis, reflection and comparison concerning the main areas of political economics. B) Applying knowledge and understanding - Students will be able to demonstrate the full understanding of the syllabus of the course; they should apply the knowledge acquired to relevant issues in a thoughtful and critical way; they will be able to demonstrate they possess the appropriate skills to build and support arguments related to the topics covered by the course, and to apply the suitable techniques and methods to the field. C) Making judgements - Students will be able to express judgments in an autonomous form, on the basis of examples provided in the lectures and/or in the bibliographic resources provided, and prove to be able to find and interpret data in order to formulate answers to general – both concrete and abstract – problems. D) Communication skills - Students will be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and related solutions; to demonstrate adequate capacity of synthesis and expressive ability in the light of the specific terminology. E) Learning skills - Students will develop the skills necessary to undertake further studies with a certain degree of autonomy.
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PIERLUIGI MONTALBANO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course is structured into two distinct modules.
The first module (6 ECTS) provides a comprehensive background in international economic policy. It examines both orthodox and heterodox stabilization models, the policies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as well as monetary, financial, and trade policies in developing countries. Additional topics include industrial and rural development strategies, food security and global value chains, environmental sustainability policies, and international migration.
The second module (3 ECTS) focuses on key contemporary debates in the field of structural transformation and sustainable development.
Prerequisites
No mandatory course prior to attendance
Books
Textbooks:
- Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Simone Bertoli, Luca Bortolotti, Bruno Martorano, Donato Romano, Marco Sanfilippo, Luca Tiberti, Elisa Ticci, “La Politica Economica dei Paesi in via di Sviluppo”,
@2022 Firenze University Press DOI:10.36253/978-88-5518-522-6
- Handouts and supplementary materials
Teaching mode
The course is organized by mixing frontal lectures and open debates on specific issues.
Frontal lectures are key in fixing students' background knowledge and fostering their understanding of the key topics in the field (hard skills).
Presentations and open debates are specifically meant to foster students' critical, learning and communication skills on the main topics of relevance for the international economic policy (soft skills).
Frequency
The course is organized by mixing frontal lectures and open debates on specific issues.
Exam mode
To pass the exam, students should pass a written test and, possibly, an oral interview.
The written exam is a multiple choices test of 30 questions and will last 45 min. This could be complemented by an oral interview on one of the topics included in the course program. To pass the exam, students should get a minimum grade of 18/30. This shows sufficient knowledge and understanding of the key topics of the course. To get first-class honour, students should demonstrate excellent knowledge and understanding of all the topics of the course. Summa cum laude can be awarded for distinguished students that show qualified achievements during the course as well as the ability to link the various topics of the course in a logical framework.
Attending students can take a mid-term written test on a first subset of topics included in the first module. They can decide whether this mid-term evaluation should be included in the overall evaluation.
Lesson mode
The course is organized by mixing frontal lectures and open debates on specific issues.
Frontal lectures are key in fixing students' background knowledge and fostering their understanding of the key topics in the field (hard skills).
Presentations and open debates are specifically meant to foster students' critical, learning and communication skills on the main topics of relevance for the international economic policy (soft skills).
PIERLUIGI MONTALBANO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course is structured into two distinct modules.
The first module (6 ECTS) provides a comprehensive background in international economic policy. It examines both orthodox and heterodox stabilization models, the policies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as well as monetary, financial, and trade policies in developing countries. Additional topics include industrial and rural development strategies, food security and global value chains, environmental sustainability policies, and international migration.
The second module (3 ECTS) focuses on key contemporary debates in the field of structural transformation and sustainable development.
Prerequisites
No mandatory course prior to attendance
Books
Textbooks:
- Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Simone Bertoli, Luca Bortolotti, Bruno Martorano, Donato Romano, Marco Sanfilippo, Luca Tiberti, Elisa Ticci, “La Politica Economica dei Paesi in via di Sviluppo”,
@2022 Firenze University Press DOI:10.36253/978-88-5518-522-6
- Handouts and supplementary materials
Teaching mode
The course is organized by mixing frontal lectures and open debates on specific issues.
Frontal lectures are key in fixing students' background knowledge and fostering their understanding of the key topics in the field (hard skills).
Presentations and open debates are specifically meant to foster students' critical, learning and communication skills on the main topics of relevance for the international economic policy (soft skills).
Frequency
The course is organized by mixing frontal lectures and open debates on specific issues.
Exam mode
To pass the exam, students should pass a written test and, possibly, an oral interview.
The written exam is a multiple choices test of 30 questions and will last 45 min. This could be complemented by an oral interview on one of the topics included in the course program. To pass the exam, students should get a minimum grade of 18/30. This shows sufficient knowledge and understanding of the key topics of the course. To get first-class honour, students should demonstrate excellent knowledge and understanding of all the topics of the course. Summa cum laude can be awarded for distinguished students that show qualified achievements during the course as well as the ability to link the various topics of the course in a logical framework.
Attending students can take a mid-term written test on a first subset of topics included in the first module. They can decide whether this mid-term evaluation should be included in the overall evaluation.
Lesson mode
The course is organized by mixing frontal lectures and open debates on specific issues.
Frontal lectures are key in fixing students' background knowledge and fostering their understanding of the key topics in the field (hard skills).
Presentations and open debates are specifically meant to foster students' critical, learning and communication skills on the main topics of relevance for the international economic policy (soft skills).
- Lesson code1017517
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseIntercultural and Linguistic Mediation
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year3rd year
- Duration12 months
- SSDSECS-P/02
- CFU9