This course will focus on the microeconomics of development. That is, we will discuss at length several issues in household and individual decision‐making which are relevant to poor countries, but will not often explicitly consider the mechanisms through which these decisions lead to (or hinder) economic growth. Specific topics to be considered include fertility, migration decisions, agricultural contracts, risk, formal and informal labor market institutions, property rights, and credit; investments in education and health; intra‐household decision‐making and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.