INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY:
Theory, methods, and case
studies
GSPP C253 and ARE C253
Fall 2004
Goldman
School of Public Policy
Department of
Agricultural
and Resource Economics
at the University
of California at Berkeley
Instructors: Alain
de Janvry,
Elisabeth Sadoulet
and David Zilberman ,
Time: Monday and Wednesday, 2.30 to 4:00 pm
Location:
GSPP 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
Announcements
Final examination is Tuesday, December 14, 9-12am, in room GSPP 250
Final exam
Tuesday, December 14, 9-12am, in room GSPP 250
Review session on Wednesday December 8, in class. Review will be based on the
review questions that are posted below. So please look at them before and be
prepared to select the few questions that we can address in the alloted
time.
Review questions (Alain and Betty's sections)
Review questions (David's section)
Assignments
Assignments should be done by teams of two students (i.e., not
three, nor
one). You will see that it is more productive and enjoyable for you,
and
less work for us, thus perfectly incentive compatible for all.
We will not tolerate late assignments. We discount 20 percentage
points for each day an
assignment is late, ... so not much remains after very few days.
You always have more than 2 weeks to do them, so
don't procrastinate, and plan ahead of time if you have other
assignments due in
other classes.
Handouts
- Handout
#1:
"Concepts of Development: Criteria and Indicators"
- Handout #2:
"Methods for Impact Analysis"
- Handout #3:
"Analysis of Poverty: Poverty Assessment Report"
- Handout
#4:
"Positive Analysis of Inequality: Indicators and Determinants"
- Handout
#5:
"Social Programs and the Art of Targeting"
- Handout #6:
"Microfinance Institutions"
- Handout #7:
"The Real Exchange Rate"
- Chapter 8 of
Sadoulet & de Janvry.
Quantitative Development Policy Analysis. Johns Hopkins Press. 1995.
"The Real Exchange Rate"
- Handout
#8:
"Price Policies and Industrialization Strategies"
- Handout #9:
"Responses to economic crises: Stabilization and adjustment policies"
- Handout
#10:
"Rural development policy and household and community behavior"
Handouts for the module on Development and Environment, by David
Zilberman
Final exams from previous years
Last update: November 2, 2004