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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Distance Learning
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The purpose of this course is to provide the necessary information and equipment regarding the environment and natural resources and by this means increase awareness of the importance of the optimal usage of natural resources. This course also aims to contribute a better understanding of the relationship between natural resources and economic development.
Course Content The course covers the essential topics students need to understand environmental and resource problems and their possible solutions. Its unique lecture format provides an in-depth exploration of discrete topics.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Description and Main Features of Natural Resources
2Distribution of Natural Resources to World Geography
3Historical Development of Natural Resource Prices
4Natural Resource Production and Consumption
5International Trade of Natural Resource
6Commodity Market
7Natural Resource Endowment and Economic Performance
8Natural Resource Curse
9Midterm Exam
10Authoritarian Regimes and Poor Institutionalizations
11Increasing Indebtedness and Volatility
12Civil War and Political Instability
13Dutch Disease Hypothesis
14General Implications of the Course

Resources

1- Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz (2007). Escaping the Resource Curse. Columbia University Press.

2- Akça, Emrah Eray (2015). Doğal Kaynakların Ekonomik Gelişme Üzerine Etkisi: Seçilmiş Ülke Deneyimleri, İktisadi Araştırmalar Vakfı İktisadi İşletmesi Yayınları, İstanbul (ISBN: 978-605-5483-7-4).