1. the differences between DEVELOPMENT & GROWTH Development: newly-born backward countries after World War II development is a four-leg chair where institutional, social, civil and economic aspects are stabilised interdisciplinary studies Growth: dominance of the economy over the behavior of institutions and individuals Main aspects: explaining why growth is concentrated in a few countries, while many others are still waiting along the road explaining how some developing countries are redeemed and crowding the group of the emerging countries Explaining the dynamics that move the transition countries

2. Course-outline  Elements of development as part of classic economic litterature  Notes on the newly-born specialized litterature on the basis of the success- experience on developing, distinct from the traditional litterature that has been denominated “growth theory”, by reviewing the most famous authors (Rostow, Myrdal, Lewis, Streeten, Sen,..)  Growth acceleration as the engine of national wealth and of the well-being of populations: Theories and models, both neoclassic and keynesian  Endogenous growth theories, based on human capital valorization

3. Course-outline in details From theories to models Classical theories of development The Keynesian growth model of Harrod- Domar Neoclassical models of growth: Solow approach Analysis of growth based on the production function The new endogenous growth theory (NTC) and macrodeterminants of growth

4. Changes in the world Gnp

5. Income inequalities through the world The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has zero income). Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country.