Courses
Development Economics - The Challenge of World Poverty - Undergraduate Course
- Lecture 1: What is Poverty?
- Lecture 2: Randomized Experiments in Economics
- Lecture 3: Poverty and Human Capital (1): Health
- Lecture 4: Poverty and Human Capital (2): Health
- Lecture 5: Poverty and Human Capital (3): Supply for Education
- Lecture 6: Poverty and Human Capital (4): Demand for Education
- Lecture 7: Poverty and Markets (1): Credit
- Lecture 8: Poverty and Markets (2): Ownership and Property Rights
- Lecture 9: Poverty and Markets (3): Savings and Insurance
- Lecture 10: Poverty and Political Economy (1): Public Goods
- Lecture 11: Poverty and Political Economy (2): Corruption
- Final Exam
Microeconomics of Development - Graduate Course, Master Economics and Public Policy
- Lecture 1: What is Poverty?
- Lecture 2: Poverty and Human Capital (1): The Supply for Health
Required Reading: Miguel and Kremer (2004), "Worms..."
- Lecture 3: Poverty and Human Capital (2): The Demand for Health
Required Reading: Cohen and Dupas (2010), "Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing? ..."
- Lectures 4 & 5: Poverty and Human Capital (3): The Supply for Education
Required Reading: Banerjee, Cole, Duflo and Linden (2007), "Remedying Education..."
- Lecture 6: Poverty and Human Capital (4): The Demand for Education
Required Reading: Kremer, Miguel and Thornton (2010), "Incentives to Learn"
- Lecture 7: Poverty and The Markets (1): Credit and Investment
Required Reading: Karlan and Zinman (2008): "Observing Unobservables..."
- Lecture 8: Poverty and The Markets (2): Land and Property Rights
Required Reading: Erica Field (2007): "Entitled to Work..."
- Lecture 9
- Lecture 10
- Lecture 11
- Lecture 12: Final Exam