Teaching
Econ 181. Economic Development: Theory and Policy
Fall 2009
Syllabus | Slides
| Economics
Blog | Problem sets | Additional
material
| Time and location: |
TR 12:40 pm - 02:00 p.m. BRHNL A125 |
| Office hours: |
TR 10-11am (4108 Sproul Hall, Ph:951.827.4108) |
Textbook:
Perkins, D.; S. Radelet and D. Lindauer (2006) Economics of Development,
Sixth Edition.
W. W. Norton ISBN: 978-0393926521 [prices]
Course calendar
Syllabus
Syllabus [pdf].
Slides
Introduction [pdf].
Measurement issues [pdf].
World Bank indicators [pdf] (Source: WDR
2009).
Economic Growth [pdf].
Poverty and Inequality [pdf].
Debraj Ray's chapters [pdf].
********** Undergraduate Research in the
Community [pptx]
Population [pdf].
Education [pdf]
Health and nutrition [pdf]
Savings and credit [pdf].
Trade and development [pdf].
****** new (12/03/09) *****
Foreign Aid [pdf]
Problem sets
Problem set 1 [pdf].
Due: October 8.
Problem set 2 [pdf].
Due: October 15. Easterly chapter 3
[pdf]
Problem set 3 [pdf].
Due: November 5. Sachs [pdf],
Easterly [pdf] and Summers [pdf].
Problem set 4 [pdf].
Due: December 3rd. Loayza et al [pdf].
Additional material
A. Deaton "Measuring poverty" [pdf].
A. Banerjee and E. Duflo "The Economic Lives
of the Poor" [pdf]. Link for additional
tables [pdf].
D. Rodrik "Saving Transitions" [pdf].
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