Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Rizzi Ester Lucia;
Language
French
Main themes
Typological presentation of policies
- with explicit demographic goals
- aiming at influencing the population growth rate
- related to population ageing.
- family, social and/or fiscal policies with indirect demographic effects
- fertility, migration and health policies
International action programs (UNFPA, World Bank, bilateral cooperation, etc)
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1. | have knowledge of the various types of policies aiming at populations (direct policies) or with demographic impacts (indirect policies) ; |
| 2. | be introduced to the evaluation of population policies: relevance, ethics, acceptability, cost/effectiveness. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Other information
Introduction to Demography (SPED 1211) is recommended
Oral or written examination
Course text + documents on the examples discussed.
Faculty or entity
PSAD
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Population and Development Studies
