Description

Issues we consider this semester will include:

1. Economic growth and development 
2. Global value chains 
3. Development policies and the fight against poverty 
4. Employment and labour policies 
5. Gender and gender equality policies

Finalité

• Understand the process of economic growth and the sources of growth 
• Master the tools used to measure economic growth and their limitations 
• Understand economic development indicators such as the HDI.
• Understand the globalization of trade and global value chains.
• Understand how employment and labour policies can affect unemployment, the characteristics of employment (including its quality) and companies' capacity for innovation. 
• Understand why the fight against gender inequality is a public policy objective and analyses the corresponding tools. 
• Learn about the main drivers of development policies

Description des modalités d'évaluation

1. Students are invited to give a short presentation on a theme, concept or economist chosen by the teacher. 
2. A written examination will take place at the end of the semester. 
3. Course attendance will be assessed.

Public

"Contemporary Economic Issues" forms part of the Telecom & Networks International Master (EPN03, Dept. Electronics, Electrotechnics, Automatic Devices and Measures, EEAM). Students from different countries and contexts are welcomed in Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers (Paris) after a Master selection. No specific other conditions are expected to attend to this course.