INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY:
Theory, methods, and case studies

Instructors: Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet and David Zilberman ,

Time: Monday and Wednesday, 2.30 to 4:00 pm
Location: GSPP new building room 250

Prerequisites: Microeconomics and econometrics at the Master's level, or consent of instructors.

Office hours:
Alain de Janvry: Giannini Hall 211, Friday 2-3:30 pm; alain@are.berkeley.edu
Elisabeth Sadoulet: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 2-3:30 pm; sadoulet@are.berkeley.edu
David Zilberman : Giannini Hall 337, Thursday 3:30-5 p.m.; zilberman@are.berkeley.edu

Frequently asked questions by Lisa Dreier, student in Fall 2001.

Syllabus
Calendar, revised, September 20

Announcements

• Final exam on Tuesday December 9, 1-4pm
• The second half of the reader is available

Final exam

• Fall 2001 exam
• Fall 2002 exam

Assignments

Handouts

• Revised Introduction to Stata (September 8)
• "What is the Big Idea? The Third Generation of Policies for Economic Growth" by David Lindauer and Lant Pritchett. pdf file
• Handout #1: "Concepts of Development: Criteria and Indicators"
• Handout #2: "Positive Analysis of Poverty: Indicators and Determinants"
• Handout #3: "Positive Analysis of Inequality: Indicators and Determinants"
• Handout #4: "Social Programs and the Art of Targeting"
• Handout #5: "Targeting and Calibrating Educational Grants for Greater Efficiency: the Case of Progresa in Mexico"
• Handout #5b: "Responses to economic crises: Stabilization and adjustment policies"
• Handout #6: "Methods for Impact Analysis"
• Handout #6b: "Price Policies and Industrialization Strategies"
• Handout #7: "Project Appraisal for Developing Countries"
• Handout #8: "Microfinance Institutions"
• Handout #9: "The Real Exchange Rate"
• Handout #10: "Multilateral Trade Agreements"
  Articles by Dani Rodrik: Trading in Illusions Foreign Policy (March/April 2001)
  and by Arvind Panagariya Think Again: International Trade Foreign Policy (November/December 2003)

• Negative Externalities and Policies
• Principles of Environmental Policymaking
• The Economics of Climate Change in Agriculture
• Environmental and health Risk of Pesticides
• Environmental Services
• Technological Change and Pollution Control
• Genetically modified crops can have significant yield effects in developing countries
• Water and Development: The Importance of Irrigation in Developing Countries
• Water - Notes

Last update: November 30, 2003