Economics · Macroeconomics

Beyond GDP: Measuring What Matters in Development

Step into the role of a UNDP development advisor across six rounds. Compare countries, build the HDI, diagnose the resource curse and the middle-income trap, close the savings gap, and write a synthesis report — learning that economic growth is not the same as economic development.

6 rounds Executive English, Español
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Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 6 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Which country is more developed?
  • Primary justification
  • Health sub-index
  • Education sub-index
  • Income sub-index
  • Primary policy lever
  • Complementary policy lever
  • Most developed overall
  • Indicators cited in your report
  • Primary reasoning

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Macroeconomics.

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