COURSE SYLLABUS

POVERTY AND PUBLIC POLICIES

1	Course Title:	POVERTY AND PUBLIC POLICIES
2	Course Code:	MLY4309
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. HARUN KILIÇASLAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Harun KILIÇASLAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi i.i.B.F. Maliye Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, Bursa, Türkiye E-posta: harunk@uludag.edu.tr Tel.: (0224) 294 11 85
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	This course focuses on fiscal policies for poverty and income distribution problems. The aim of this course is to examine the fiscal instruments of the state for the aforementioned problems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It has a contribution towards forming a basis for the development of students' professional skills related to poverty and public policies.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to comprehend the concepts, types, causes and measurement of poverty and income distribution;
2	To be able to explain the relationship between poverty, income distribution and state intervention;
3	To be able to explain tax and public expenditure policies, incomes policy, social security systems to reduce poverty and income distribution inequality;
4	To be able to explain income distribution and fiscal policy in times of economic crisis;
5	To be able to interpret poverty and income distribution inequality as a global problem with the relationship between migration and poverty;
6	To be able to explain fiscal policies regarding poverty and income distribution in developed and developing countries;
7	To be able to interpret the fiscal policies aimed at preventing poverty and improving income distribution in Turkey;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The Concept of Poverty, Types, Causes and Measurement of Poverty
2	The Concept of Income Distribution, Types of Income Distribution, Causes and Measurement
3	Poverty, Income Distribution and State Intervention
4	Tax Policies
5	Public Expenditure Policy
6	Income Policy
7	Social Security Systems: Budget and Market Dynamics
8	Income Distribution and Fiscal Policy in Economic Crises
9	Migration and Poverty
10	Poverty as a Global Problem and Inequality of Income Distribution
11	Fiscal Policies Regarding Poverty and Income Distribution in Developing Countries
12	Fiscal Policies Regarding Poverty and Income Distribution in Developed Countries
13	Fiscal Policies for Poverty Prevention in Turkey
14	Fiscal Policies for Improving Income Distribution in Turkey

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Coşkun Can Aktan (editör), Yoksullukla Mücadele Stratejileri, Hak-İş, 2002. 2. DPT (DEVLET PLANLAMA TEŞKILATI). “Gelir Dağılımı ve Yoksullukla Mücadele Özel İhtisas Komisyonu Raporu”, Sekizinci Beş Yıllık Kalkınma Planı, DPT: 2599, ÖİK: 610, Ankara, 2001. 3. DPT (DEVLET PLANLAMA TEŞKILATI). “Gelir Dağılımı ve Yoksullukla Mücadele Özel İhtisas Komisyonu Raporu”, Dokuzuncu Beş Yıllık Kalkınma Planı, DPT: 2742, ÖİK: 691, Ankara, 2007. 4. Gürsel S., H. Levent, R. Selim, Ö. Sarıca, Türkiye’de Bireysel Gelir Dağılımı ve Yoksulluk, Avrupa Birliği ile Karşılaştırma, TÜSİAD— T/2000— 12/295, İstanbul, 2000. 5. Şenses, F., Küreselleşmenin Öteki Yüzü, Yoksulluk, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001. 6. Förster, M., d’Ercole, M., M., Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries in the Second Half of the 1990s, OECD, 2005.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation are made with multiple choice test questions, short-answer written questions.
Information	This course is evaluated with a relative evaluation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High