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Topics
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WEEK 1 |
Economic
Development:
A
Global Perspective |
Text Reading: Todaro,
Chapter
1
Additional
Reading:
Christopher
B. Barrett, Development Economics: An Overview,
Happy Planet Index
Website:
UN Millennium
Development Goals
Video:
Poverty in Africa,
Poverty
in Asia Assignment 1 (Due January 30) - Choose a developing country in which you are particularly interested. Prepare a 500 word (or 6 PPT slides if you wish to present in class) report of what you perceive to be the life-style of a typical family in this country. While you will need to rely on statistics, the presentation of the report should be done in a narrative format with specific examples. Don’t be afraid to talk to international students or people with international experience! Those who prepare slide may volunteer to present to class. |
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WEEK 2 |
Comparative Economic
Development |
Text
Reading: Todaro,
Chapter 2
Chapter
2 Lecture - Comparative Economic Development (PPT) Websites: World Development Indicators, Statistical Data from UNDP, International Human Development Indicators |
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WEEK 3 |
Classic Theories of Economic Growth and
Development LifeStyle Page |
Text
Reading:
Todaro, Chapter 3
Chapter
3 Lecture – Classic Theories of Economic Growth and
Development (PPT
Additional
Readings: 1)
Ha-Joon Chang,
The Stiglitz Contribution
- International Issues - Former World Bank Economist Joseph Stiglitz 2)
Thandika
Mkandawire,
The Need to Rethink Development Economics
Videos
and Reading:
Rethinking
Economics in a Changed World |
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WEEK 4 |
Quiz 1
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Quiz 1 - February 8
Text Reading:
Todaro, Chapter 4 The Big Push
Chapter 4 Lecture -
Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment
(PPT)
Additional Reading:
Krugman
– The Rise and Fall of Development Economics
Assignment 2 (Due February 20) - Read the following speech by Robert B. Zoellick, Democratizing Development Economics, and write a 500 word reaction paper to his comments. A reaction paper is just what its name suggests—a paper explaining how feel about what you are reading and do you agree with disagree with the writer (speaker in this case). Make sure to mention what you believe should be emphasized in the study of development economics. |
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WEEK 5 |
Poverty,
Inequality, and Development |
Text Reading: Todaro, Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Lecture -Poverty, Inequality, and Development (PPT)
Additional Reading: World Development Report 2006 - Equity and Development (Overview)
Websites: Module-Measuring Poverty, 2011 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics, Inequality around the World Website, Poverty Facts and Stats, Poverty Measurement
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WEEK 6 |
Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies |
Text Reading: Todaro, Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Lecture - Population Growth and Economic Development:
Causes, Consequences, and Controversies (PPT)
Additional
Reading:
Brazil's Girl Power
See following web sites for data: Geo-Hive
(Good Data on Population),
IndexMundi,
Population
Reference Bureau, UN Demographic and Social
Statistics,
United
Nations Population Fund |
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WEEK 7 |
Exam 1 |
Exam 1 - February 27 Last day to discuss country report topic is February 29 (A good leap) Text Reading: Todaro, Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Lecture - Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy (PPT) Interactive Map: Urban Growth Of Interest: A Sobering Moment Additional Reading: HDR 2009 - Overcoming barriers: Human Mobility and Development Optional Reading: Inequality and Internal Migration in China: Evidence from Village Panel Data Websites: International Organization for Migration Assignment 3 ( Due March 26) - Choose a developing country other than that which is the focus of your Country Report. Submit a 500 word report examining a health or education issue that is particularly relevant to that country. Reference at least 7 sources (internet sites are fine). |
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WEEK 9 |
Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development |
Text Reading: Todaro,
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Lecture - Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development (PPT)
Additional Reading:
State
of the World Report - Women on the Front Lines of Recovery,
2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and
Development
Malaria:
Epidemic On the Run,
Optional Readings:
Critical Links:
Population, Health and the Environment,
HIV/AIDS
in the Context of Other Global Challenges,
Women’s
Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap
Websites:
UNESCO - Education
for All,
World Health Organization |
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WEEK 10 |
The Environment and Development
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Text Reading:
Todaro,
Chapter
10
Chapter 10 Lecture - The Environment and
Development (PPT)
Websites: United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, International Institute for Environment and Development |
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WEEK 11
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Quiz 2
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Quiz 2 - March 28 Websites: Transparency International (Be sure to click on link to Corruptions Perceptions Index, Index of Economic Freedom, Corruption and Development (Optional) Video: Hands |
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WEEK 12 |
International Trade Theory and Development Strategy |
Chapter 12 Lecture - International Trade Theory and Development
Strategy (PPT) |
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WEEK 13 April 9, 11 |
Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: Controversies and Opportunities |
Text Reading:
Todaro,
Chapter 12 Additional Reading: Summary of Human Development Report 2005 - International Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade, and Security in an Unequal World (Full Report)
Websites:
International
Monetary Fund,
United States Agency for International
Development,
World Bank, WB Brochure,
World Trade
Organization,
Global Issues |
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WEEK 14
April
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Presentations
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WEEK 15 |
Presentations |
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WEEK 16 April 30 Country Report Due April 30 |
Quiz 3 April 30 |
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May 2 - 10 |
Final Exam Week | |||