A Description of Development Economics
DEVOLOPMENT ECONOMICS
Fall 2013
COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS
JINAN UNIVERSITY
Instructor: Lan Ding （丁岚）
Office Hours: Pending or by appointment
Email: tlanding@jnu.edu.cn
Time: Monday, 19:00-22:00
Classroom: A506
Course Overview
Development Economics explains the unprecedented progress that has been made in many parts of the developing world—but fully confronts the enormous problems and challenges that remain to be addressed in the years ahead. The course shows the wide diversity across the developing world, and the differing positions in the global economy held by developing countries. The principles of development economics are key to understanding how we got to where we are, and why many development problems are so difficult to solve; and to the design of successful economic development policy and programs as we look ahead.
Both theory and empirical analysis in development economics have made major strides. This course presents contending theories and interpretations of evidence, with three goals. The first goal is to ensure that students understand real conditions and institutions across the developing world. The second, is to help students develop analytic skills while broadening their perspectives of the wide scope of the field. The third, is to provide students with the resources to draw independent conclusions as they confront development problems, their sometimes ambiguous evidence, and real-life development policy choices—ultimately to play an informed role in the struggle for economic development and poverty alleviation.
Textbook
Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, Economic Development, 11th Edition. Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2012
References
Debraj Ray, Development Economics. Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Dwight H. Perkins, David L. Lindauer and Steven Radelet, Economics of Development, 7th Edition. Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc.
Grading
Class participation & quizzes 20%
Presentation & Term paper
Fall 2013
COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS
JINAN UNIVERSITY
Instructor: Lan Ding （丁岚）
Office Hours: Pending or by appointment
Email: tlanding@jnu.edu.cn
Time: Monday, 19:00-22:00
Classroom: A506
Course Overview
Development Economics explains the unprecedented progress that has been made in many parts of the developing world—but fully confronts the enormous problems and challenges that remain to be addressed in the years ahead. The course shows the wide diversity across the developing world, and the differing positions in the global economy held by developing countries. The principles of development economics are key to understanding how we got to where we are, and why many development problems are so difficult to solve; and to the design of successful economic development policy and programs as we look ahead.
Both theory and empirical analysis in development economics have made major strides. This course presents contending theories and interpretations of evidence, with three goals. The first goal is to ensure that students understand real conditions and institutions across the developing world. The second, is to help students develop analytic skills while broadening their perspectives of the wide scope of the field. The third, is to provide students with the resources to draw independent conclusions as they confront development problems, their sometimes ambiguous evidence, and real-life development policy choices—ultimately to play an informed role in the struggle for economic development and poverty alleviation.
Textbook
Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, Economic Development, 11th Edition. Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2012
References
Debraj Ray, Development Economics. Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Dwight H. Perkins, David L. Lindauer and Steven Radelet, Economics of Development, 7th Edition. Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc.
Grading
Class participation & quizzes 20%
Presentation & Term paper