MICROECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural and Resource Economics 251 
Economics 270A 
Fall 2007

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

Tu-Th: 3:30-5:00 pm, 2066 Valley LSB

This course is the first part of the Development sequence. It addresses issues in the microeconomics of development.

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 16, 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, 2006 midterm.
  • Final exam is on Monday December 10


    • Instructors
    Elisabeth Sadoulet , Ethan Ligon
    Elisabeth Sadoulet: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 4:00-5:30pm; sadoulet@are.berkeley.edu
    Ethan Ligon: Giannini Hall 331; ligon@are.berkeley.edu; 

    Syllabus and Readings:  Syllabus
    Reading list - 1rst half-semester (periodically updated): html file with links to papers
    Reading assignments
    Handouts: 
    Assignments: 
    Links to the Development field:
    Development field web page in ARE
    Development seminar, Fall 2007 , Monday, 4:00-6:00 pm, 608-7 Evans
    Development lunch Tuesday 12:30-1:30, Room 608-7 Evans
    Last update: August 22, 2007