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The course will provide introductory knowledge on the mechanism of poverty in low- and middle-income economies. The students will be equipped with key concepts in development economics for understanding and analyzing why some countries are still poor and others are not. Note: this course does not cover topics of environmental development economics as they are left to ED76.19 (or ED76.20) in the January semester.
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Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
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None. No previous background in economics is required.
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I. Introduction
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1. Janvry, A.D., Sadoulet, E. 2016. Development Economics: Theory and Practice, 3rd ed. Routledge, London.
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1. Banerjee, A.V., Duflo, E. 2012. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, Reprint ed. PublicAffairs, New York.
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1. World Development [Elsevier]
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Lecture: 30 hours
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Lectures in hybrid classroom, assignments, readings, and discussions.
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An exam(s), the first and second assignments and carry 65 %, 15%, and 20% of the weight, respectively. Grade “A” will be awarded if a student can demonstrate thorough knowledge and mastery of concepts and techniques and understanding of subject matter with high degree of skill to relate them with real world examples. Grade “B” will be awarded if a student can demonstrate good knowledge and mastery of concepts and understanding of subject matter with good skill of relating them with real work cases. Grade “C” will be given if a student can demonstrate some knowledge of the concepts and understanding but lacks skill of relating them with real world cases. Grade “D” will be given if a student has poor understanding of concepts and techniques with no or little skill to relate with real world cases.
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