Date |
Topic |
Reading for the Day |
Graded Work |
Week 1: 21 August |
Course Introduction; Description of Course Project and Team Sign-Up; Introduction to the State of the World | Sign up for project teams | |
| 23 August | Why bother? The Data of Economic Development; Poverty Traps |
EQG, Ch. 1, pp. 5-19; Smith, Ch. 1 | |
| Week 2: 28 August | Measuring Inequality |
Perkins et al.: Ch. 6 | |
| 30 August | Equity and Health |
World Bank; Perkins et al., Ch. 9 | |
| Week 3: 4 September |
Aid for Investment: The Harrod-Domar Model | EQG, Ch. 2 | |
| 6 September | Planners vs. Searchers
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Easterly, Ch. 1 | Turn in basic country data. |
Week 4 11 September |
Investment and Growth: The Solow Growth Model | EQG, Ch. 3 | Homework 3 |
| 13 September | Institutions |
Nafziger, Ch. 4; de Soto, Ch. 3 | Homework 3 Key |
Week 5 18 September |
Institutions | Beaulier; Richardson | |
20 September |
Exam 1
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Week 6 25 September |
Education and Growth | EQG, Chp. 4; James Tooley | |
| 27 September | Cash for Condoms |
EQG, Ch. 5
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Week 7 2 October |
Debt Crises | EQG, Ch. 6 | |
4 October |
Debt Forgiveness |
EQG, Chp. 7 | |
Week 8 9 October |
People Respond to Incentives | O'Rourke, Ch. 8 | |
11 October
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Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps | EQG, Ch. 8 | |
Week 9 16 October |
International Trade and Poverty | Bhagwati, Ch. 5 | |
| 18 October | Creative Destruction |
EQG, Ch. 9 | |
Week 10 23 October |
Bad Luck | EQG, Ch. 10 | |
| 25 October |
Micro-credit | Smith, Ch. 5; Grameen Bank; Mises Institute; Wall Street Journal | Homework 5 |
Week 11 30 October |
Exam 2 | Exam 2 Study Questions | |
1 November |
Bad Government Policies |
EQG, Ch. 11 | |
Week 12 6 November |
Bureaucracy | Easterly, Ch. 5 |
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8 November |
Corruption and Growth |
EQG, Ch. 12 | |
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Week 13 13 November |
Corruption and Growth | ||
| 15 November | Ethnic Strife |
EQG, Ch. 13 | |
| Thanksgiving | Eat lots of turkey | ||
Week 14 27 November |
Entrepreneurship in the Third World First Team Presentation |
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29 November |
Second and Third Team Presentations |
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Week 15 4 December |
Fourth and Fifth Team Presentations | ||
6 December |
Sixth and Seventh Team Presentations | ||
Final Exam Week 10 December |
Exam 3 10:00 a.m. |
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