EC-141 Development Economics
This course uses economic analysis to understand contemporary issues in low-income countries. Examines why extreme poverty and hunger, high child mortality, low levels of education, gender inequality, environmental degradation, high fertility, and child labor are pervasive in the developing world. Seeks to explain how some countries have grown rapidly while others have not. Looks at domestic factors as well as the international environment. For each topic, the goal is to understand the factors and constraints influencing decision-making in developing countries, and to use this understanding to discuss the role of markets, civil organizations, government policy, and international institutions. Normally offered every other year.