Advanced Developement Economics


Lecture: Prof. Axel Dreher, Prof. Marcela Ibáñez Díaz and Prof. Stephan Klasen.


Teaching assistants:
Isis Gaddis
Jan Priebe

Dates:

  • Mo. 11.10.2010, 09:00 till 17:30
  • Tu. 12.10.2010, 09:00 till 17:30
  • We. 13.10.2010, 09:00 till 17:30
  • Th. 14.10.2010, 09:00 till 17:30
  • Fr. 15.10.2010, 09:00 till 17:30



  • Description

    This course provides an overview over critical issues in development economics at the graduate level. The course will first focus on conceptualising and measuring development, after which macroeconomic perspectives will be considered. Thereafter the course will shift to microeconomic perspectives and will investigate issues of health, education, credit, and insurance. The last part of the course will then examine the political economy of development.



    Schedule:

  • Introduction
    1. Measuring Development and Poverty (Klasen)
    2. Field Experiments and Development (Ibanez)
  • Macro-economic Perspectives of Development
    3. Macro Vicious Cycles (Klasen)
    4. Geography versus Institutions (Dreher)
    5. Aid and Development (Dreher)
    6. Aid and Development (Dreher)
    7. Growth Inequality and Poverty Linkages (Klasen)
  • Micro-economic Perspectives of Development
    8. Collective action (Ibanez)
    9. Risk and Uncertainty (Ibanez)
    10. Risk Sharing (Ibanez)
    11. Natural Resources (Dreher)
    12. Gender Bias (Klasen)

  • Schedule:

  • Oct 11:
    09:00-10:30: Topic 1
    11:00-12:30: Topic 2
    14:00-15:30: Topic 3
    16:00-17:30: Tutorial 1
  • Oct 12:
    09:00-10:30: Topic 4
    11:00-12:30: Topic 5
    14:00-15:30: Tutorial 2
    16:00-17:30: Tutorial 3
  • Oct 13:
    09:00-10:30: Topic 6
    11:00-12:30: Topic 7
    14:00-15:30: Topic 8
    16:00-17:30: Tutorial 4
  • Oct 14:
    09:00-10:30: Topic 9
    11:00-12:30: Topic 10
    14:00-15:30: Topic 11
    16:00-17:30: Tutorial 5
  • Oct 15:
    09:00-10:30: Topic 12
    11:00-12:30: Tutorial 6
    14:00-15:30: Tutorial 7



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