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Syllabus ofAsian EconomyCourseCode:ECON4201Total TeachingHours:48Total Credits:3Course DescriptionThiscourse offersa broadview ofeconomy andhelps studentsto understand the economicsituation inAsianfrom aggregateperformance afterrecession,general economicgrowth,migration,agriculture,climate change,energy andenvironmental problems.Observe andunderstand howabove factorsimpacteconomy individuallyand jointly.Required Textsand MaterialsEconomicGrowth in Asia,S.Radelet,J.Sachs andJ.W.Lee,Asian DevelopmentBanks studyEmergingAsia:Changes andChallenges.Structural Influences on Energy Production inSouth andEast Asia,R.York,Sociological Form,Vol.22,No.4,
2007.Environmental KuznetsCurve Hypothesis:A Survey,S.Dinda,Ecological Economics492004431-455,
2004.Recent Trendsin InternationalMigration in Asia andCentral andEastern Europe,Trend in InternationalMigration2003,P70-p
85.Addressing ClimateChange andMigration in Asia and the Pacific,Asian DevelopmentBank
2012.Smallholder FarminginAsiaandthe Pacific:Challenges andOpportunities,G.Thapa andR.Gaiha,International Fundfor AgriculturalDevelopment
2011.Asia PacificEconomic Outlook—October2012,Deloitte UniversityPress.Course ScheduleWeekTopics Chapter/SectionIntroduction;Cross-Countiy Patternsof Economic1,2,3,Growth;Evidence ofHow Eastand SoutheastAsia were1,2Different;Export ofManufacturesExplaining HighSaving RatesinAsia;Governance,4,5,6Leadership andEconomic Management;The Total3Factor ProductivityDebate.1,2,3,4Environmental KuznetsCurve Hypothesis:Background4History;Conceptual Background;Theoretical AnalysisStructuralInfluencesonEnergyProduction:AllGlobalization andModernization;Demographics and5,6Natural Resources;Data andMethods;Results,Discussion andConclusion.P70-p85Recent TrendsinInternationalMigration inAsia:Background andMajor RecentTrend;Flows ofHighly7Skilled Workers;Flows ofUnskilled Workers;ForeignWorkers inan IrregularSituation;Migration Policies.Addressing ClimateChange andMigration inAsia andIntroduction,1,2,3,4thePacific:What ClimateChange Meansfor Migration;8,9,101Methodological Issues;Migration Patterns,ClimateChange Impacts;How ClimateChange willAffectMigration.Asia PacificEconomic Outlook:China,Indonesia,All102Japan,PhilippinesGrading1,Individual Report30%2,Presentation20%3,Class Participation10%4,Final Exam40%The gradeswill be assigned asfollows:90-100A80-89B70-79C60-69D0-59FAssessmentsIndividual Report-The purposeof individualassignment isto provideeach studentthe opportunitytodo individualresearch,and betterunderstanding ofeconomic topics.Students arealso asked to makeabrief introductionwith pptslides.The deadlineof submissionis thelast teachingweek afterfinal exam.Late submissionwill causepenalty onthe grade.Presentation-It willbeagroup presentation,4person pergroup,and twicepresentations foreach group.The topicsof presentationare restrictedby keywords economicrelated^^and“inAsia”.For eachpresentation,PPT slidesare required,andthetime duration is about20minutes.Final Exam-The finalexam willbe givenat endof thesemester.The examdurationisabout2hours.The finalexams willfocus onthe text,lectures andpresentations.It willconsist ofmultiple choices,true/false,and openquestions.Class AttendanceAttendanceis mandatory.For anyreasons studentsare notable toattend the course ontime orhave toleaveearly,they areaskedtoget leavingpermit beforethecoursevia emailor message.Class PreparationItis stronglyrecommended toread relatedmaterials beforecourse.Especially,before presentationsstudentsshould spendsufficient timeon collectingmaterial anddiscussing withclassmates andgroupmembers.Prepared by:Miao XinInspectedby:Li ChanganApprovedby:Cao Min。