Economics of poverty
Economics of poverty.
Course Description: This course examines causes and consequences of
poverty at the micro level. We will study key aspects of life for poor
households in the developing world, such as inequality, gender and the
intra-household division of resources, education, child labor, health,
savings and credit, institutions and globalization. Students will also
study recent research in the field and examine empirical evidence on
these topics.
Textbook: Detailed printed slides will be provided in class. No
textbook is required, though students who have further interest in the
subject can take a look at the micro and empirical part of Dwight H.
Perkins, Steven Radelet and David L. Lindauer, Economics of
Development 6th Edition (W. W. Norton, 2006)
Intended Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the course, students are expected to be able to, at
an introductory level:
* demonstrate a comprehensive and well-founded knowledge of poverty
situations in the developing world.
* identify and explain critical poverty issues in the developing world.
* apply core concepts of economics to critically analyze significant
poverty phenomena and interpret important poverty issues in the
developing world.
* analyze the core issues in anti-poverty strategies.
Basic training in economics will be very helpful. Although
econometrics is not a formal prerequisite, comfort with statistical
concepts will be helpful during discussions of empirical evidence.
Course Outline:
I. Introduction: Poverty and its consequences
II. Determinants of Poverty
III. Inequality and Poverty
IV. Population, Fertility and Gender
V. Education and Child Labor
VI. Health
VII. Savings, Credit Markets and Microfinance
IX. Leaders and Institutions
VIII. Agriculture and Geography
X. Trade, Globalization and Poverty
XI. Foreign Aid
Course Description: This course examines causes and consequences of
poverty at the micro level. We will study key aspects of life for poor
households in the developing world, such as inequality, gender and the
intra-household division of resources, education, child labor, health,
savings and credit, institutions and globalization. Students will also
study recent research in the field and examine empirical evidence on
these topics.
Textbook: Detailed printed slides will be provided in class. No
textbook is required, though students who have further interest in the
subject can take a look at the micro and empirical part of Dwight H.
Perkins, Steven Radelet and David L. Lindauer, Economics of
Development 6th Edition (W. W. Norton, 2006)
Intended Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the course, students are expected to be able to, at
an introductory level:
* demonstrate a comprehensive and well-founded knowledge of poverty
situations in the developing world.
* identify and explain critical poverty issues in the developing world.
* apply core concepts of economics to critically analyze significant
poverty phenomena and interpret important poverty issues in the
developing world.
* analyze the core issues in anti-poverty strategies.
Basic training in economics will be very helpful. Although
econometrics is not a formal prerequisite, comfort with statistical
concepts will be helpful during discussions of empirical evidence.
Course Outline:
I. Introduction: Poverty and its consequences
II. Determinants of Poverty
III. Inequality and Poverty
IV. Population, Fertility and Gender
V. Education and Child Labor
VI. Health
VII. Savings, Credit Markets and Microfinance
IX. Leaders and Institutions
VIII. Agriculture and Geography
X. Trade, Globalization and Poverty
XI. Foreign Aid