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Development Economics

via Marginal Revolution University

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What you will learn

Why are some countries rich and others poor? This fundamental question has been on the mind of economists since Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776.

This is a full course that covers all the major issues and developments in the field of development economics. Unlike typical college courses, we will take you to the frontier of the discipline, covering recent research as well as more established material.

This course is non-technical and is accessible to a beginner. If you pass the final exam, you will earn our "Development Economics" certificate on your profile.

Feel free to either go through the entire course or if you prefer, pick and choose videos of interest.

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Syllabus

  1. Introduction
  2. Geography and Development 1
  3. Food and Agricultural Productivity
  4. Water Economics
  5. Geography and Development 2
  6. Economic Growth 1
  7. Economic Growth 2
  8. Bottlenecks, Linkages and Intermediate Goods
  9. Productivity of firms
  10. Trade
  11. Property Rights
  12. Corruption
  13. Foreign aid
  14. Finance, Growth and the Poor
  15. Poverty and Behavior
  16. Health
  17. Education
  18. Politics, democracy, and war
  19. Migration
  20. Population and environment
  21. Case Studies
  22. India
  23. People (References/Optional)

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Development Economics

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What you will learn

Why are some countries rich and others poor? This fundamental question has been on the mind of economists since Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776.

This is a full course that covers all the major issues and developments in the field of development economics. Unlike typical college courses, we will take you to the frontier of the discipline, covering recent research as well as more established material.

This course is non-technical and is accessible to a beginner. If you pass the final exam, you will earn our "Development Economics" certificate on your profile.

Feel free to either go through the entire course or if you prefer, pick and choose videos of interest.

  1. Introduction
  2. Geography and Development 1
  3. Food and Agricultural Productivity
  4. Water Economics
  5. Geography and Development 2
  6. Economic Growth 1
  7. Economic Growth 2
  8. Bottlenecks, Linkages and Intermediate Goods
  9. Productivity of firms
  10. Trade
  11. Property Rights
  12. Corruption
  13. Foreign aid
  14. Finance, Growth and the Poor
  15. Poverty and Behavior
  16. Health
  17. Education
  18. Politics, democracy, and war
  19. Migration
  20. Population and environment
  21. Case Studies
  22. India
  23. People (References/Optional)

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