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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2009-2010 Course Listing > Economic Development: Theory, Policy, and Evidence
PED-101: Economic Development: Theory, Policy, and Evidence
Semester: Spring
Credit: 1.0
Faculty: Dani Rodrik, Rohini Pande
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 1/25 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM | STARR |
| Review | F | 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM | L230 |
| second review Fri. 2:40-4:00 in L230 | |||
Description
Provides a graduate-level overview of the theory of and evidence on economic development from a policy-oriented perspective. The main goal is to allow students to analyze policy debates surrounding economic growth and development from a broad and rigorous analytical base. Topics covered include: economic convergence and patterns of development; factor markets and productivity; macro- and micro-level analyses of institutions; poverty and inequality; health and education; political economy of development; industrialization; international integration; recent economic history; and country evidence.
This course is open to MPA/ID and Economics graduate students. Others by permission of instructors only. Also offered by the Economics Dept. as Econ. 2327.