Browse Hierarchy ECOM169: Development Economics

The course will be divided in two parts. In the first half of the course, the focus will be on theoretical and methodological issues in development economics: field experimental evidence on poverty, inequality, health, education, trade, credit markets, foreign aid and how this evidence can be used to inform development policy. The second half of the course will cover some fundamentals of economic growth¿climate, geography, endowments, historical legacies, technological innovation and human capital¿before considering issues that are more explicitly political, including political institutions, accountability, media capture, clientelism, etc.