MICROECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural and Resource Economics 251 
Economics 270A 
Fall 2006

Department of Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
at the University of California at Berkeley

Tu-Th: 3:30-5:00 pm, 2032 Valley LSB

This course is the first part of the Development sequence. It addresses issues in the microeconomics of development. The spring semester will be taught by Ted Miguel. It will focus on macroeconomic growth, inequality, political economy, and human resources.

Announcements:
  • The reading list is periodically updated to include all the articles that I have cited and used in class.
  • Midterm exam is on Tuesday October 17, in class. Closed book exam. The material for the exam consists in class notes and assigned readings. Previous years exam texts: 2003 midterm, 2004 midterm.


    • Instructors
    Elisabeth Sadoulet , Ethan Ligon
    Elisabeth Sadoulet: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 3:30-5:00pm; sadoulet@are.berkeley.edu
    Ethan Ligon: Giannini Hall 331; ligon@are.berkeley.edu; 

    Syllabus and Readings: 
    Syllabus
    Reading list - 1rst half-semester: pdf file , html file with links to papers
    Reading assignments
    Handouts: 
    Assignments: 
    Links to the Development field:
    Development field web page in ARE
    Development seminar, Fall 2006 , Monday, 4:00-6:00 pm, 608-7 Evans
    Last update: September, 2006