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

GSPP C253 and ARE C253

Fall 2007


Goldman School of Public Policy
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
at the University of California at Berkeley

Instructors: Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet
Alain de Janvry: Giannini Hall 211, Friday 4:00-5:00 pm; alain@are.berkeley.edu
Elisabeth Sadoulet: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 4:00-5:00 pm; sadoulet@are.berkeley.edu

Time: Friday, 10:00-12:00 pm, Location: 3105 Echevery
Prerequisites: Microeconomics and econometrics at the Master's level, or consent of instructors.

Announcements:

  • Instruction and references for the debate on foreign aid on December 7, in class, are below in the handout section
  • Link to the NY Times article on the Malawi Fertizer Subsidies, by Celia Dugger, December 2. Link
  • Final exam is Friday December 14, 9am-12pm. Location to be determined. Download Review questions.
  • I will hold extra office hours on Tuesday October 23, 4-5pm, for questions on Quantitative Policy Cases 1 or 2. Elisabeth
    • Syllabus
    Assigned Readings (periodically updated)
    Calendar

    Assignments:

    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: "Analysis of Poverty and Vulnerability"
    • Handout #3: "Positive Analysis of Inequality: Indicators and Determinants"
    • Handout #4: "Social Assistance and the Art of Targeting"
    • Handout #5: "Development and the Environment"
    • Handout: "WDR 2008, Agriculture for Development"
    • Handout #6: "Methods for Impact Analysis"
    • Handout #7: "Access to Financial Services in Development"
    • Handout #8: "Trade and Industrialization Strategies"
    • Handout #9: "Debate on Foreign Aid"
      I will ask each team to make a 5-10mns presentation on the approach proposed by its advocate. As you go, one of you from the team will be in charge of listing on the backboard the key aspects of the approach of your corresponding author. Alain Team assignments for the debate

    Final exam is on Friday December 14

    Final exams from previous years

    Last update: August 22, 2007