Department of Economics

Jorge Agüero

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].