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Fall 2021 |
Lecture
Schedule, Exam Dates, Readings, Problems, There is no warranty on the
dates, order or topics. To complete the picture of the class, please read carefull our other syllabus webpages. No
text or other purchases are required for this class. Everything is
online, on our SAKAI pages. |
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SAKAI |
The course management software we
will be using is SAKAI. Please familiarize yoursef with it. All
readings and related materials are under the Resources tab.
Videos are under the Media Gallery tab. Exams will be online,
under the Tests & Quizzes tab. Office Hours will be held under
the Meetings tab. Etc. All communications will be to
your official Rutgers email. For tech help with Sakai, please visit
https://it.rutgers.edu/help-support. |
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Lectures |
Classes this term are in-person in Van Dyck 211 CAC. If there are any changes causing us not to be able to meet in-person, we will seemlessly switch to live, synchronous, online classes on SAKAI. The classes will meet at their regularly scheduled time. You will be able to access these live classes through the SAKAI Meetings tab. Click on the appropriate meeting listed. These classes will not be recorded. Please enter with your microphones turned off. |
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| Pandemic Matters |
I have created a folder in Resources titled 'Pandemic Matters' as a place to deposit emails I receive from the Economics Department and various Rutgers administrators that are relevant to how our class runs. These are fluid times with best practices rarely agreed upon and rapidly changing. The nature of an active pandemic requires that we, as a class, be prepared for sudden changes during the term while ensuring academic standards are maintained in a safe environment. Masks must be worn during class meetings. Please read this document, which repeats the relevant sections of Announcement 1.. |
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Teaching Assistant |
Altug Yildiz, ay319 at economics.rutgers.edu |
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| Office Hours : | Office Hours: OH with our TA, Altug Yildiz <ay319 at economics.rutgers.edu> will be on line from noon to 1:00PM on Wednesdays. If you are not able to make it at this time please email him and arrange a mutually convenient time. You may also email Prof. Gang <gang at rutgers.edu> with questions and to set up online appointments. Meetings will be in BBB (Big Blue Button, this is the Meetings tab on our Sakai page): Go to Sakai->Meetings->Office Hours to join office hours. | |
| Graded Elements of Course | 1. Exam 01. Monday 11 October on Sakai.multiple
choice. 2. Exam 02. Monday 15 November on Sakai multiple choice 3. Exam 03 (Final Exam), Wednesday 22 December on Sakai. Up to 60 multiple choice type questions. |
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| Important | I post selcted Review Notes (under Reveiw in Sakai -> Resources) prior to the class and suggest you review them prior to the lectures and add to them duirng the lectures. The posts are designed highlight the main points and will offer a good picture when combined with your class notes. They also contain some handouts and exercises (not to be turned in) | |
| Exercises, Exam Practice, Handouts, Readings & Related | Located in SAKAI->Resources,. Note: These are designed to help you understand the main points and include notes on the highlights of class, worked exercise, and some handouts. | |
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Please watch three class lectures and other (short) videos at the appropriate points in material. All are under the Media Gallery tab on the left-hand side of our home Sakai page. They are listed here under the relevant course topics. |
THREE CLASS LECTURES ONLINE -
I will be unable to be present for classes on Sept 08, 22 & 29
(classes #02, #06 & #08, respectively). These are early in the
semester. For continuity & to help establish a strong foundation on
the course material, I am recording and posting the appropriate lecture for each of
these days. These three videos "count" as if I delivered them in-class in-person.. Class 02: will be posted at appropriate time Class 06: nwill be posted at appropriate time Class 08: will be posted at appropriate time PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES -The videos in Part One, Part Two and Part Two are not required. They are for your use and I think they will be helpful in developing and expanding your understanding of development economics. Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Unintended Consequences: Primaer to Critical Thinking; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery Amartya K. Sen on Development Research the Last Thirty Years; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery PART TWO: MEASUREMENT-The videos in Part One, Part Two and Part Three are not required. They are for your use and I think they will be helpful in developing and expanding your understanding of development economics. Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate, Subjective Well-Being and Policy: Interview; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate, on Measuring and understanding behavior, welfare and poverty; ssee SAKAI-->Media Gallery HansRosling on the Washing Machine; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery 2019 Multidimensional Poverty; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery PAER THREE: TOPICS -The videos in Part One, Part Two and Part Three are not required. They are for your use and I think they will be helpful in developing and expanding your understanding of development economics. Drought and Famine Craseh Course World History #208; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery Ralitza Dimova-Food Security: see SAKAI-->Media Gallery |
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PART ONE |
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVES |
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Wednesday 01 Sept |
Objectives: Introduction. What is
development economics? *deJanvry
& Sadoulet, Preface, Ch. 1 (pp. 13-26) *deJanvry & Sadoulet, Ch. 3, (pp. 129-143) |
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Monday 06 Sept |
Labor Day Holiday - No Class | |
| Wednesday 08 Sept Class 2 No in-person lecture. Watch class 02 lecture in Media Gallery. |
Objectives: Growth. Capital
fundamentalism. immiserizing growth. National income
accounting, purchasing power parity. *deJanvry
& Sadoulet, Ch. 8 and Appendix 8.1; Ch. 2 (pp.
79-87). Review-Perspectives 01
Review-Perspectives 02 Review-Perspectives 03 Review-Perspectives 04
Watch Video: Amartya K. Sen on Development Research the Last Thirty
Years; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery |
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Monday 13 Sept |
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Wednesday 15 Sept |
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Monday 20 Sept |
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Wednesday 22 Sept |
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Monday 27 Sept |
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Wednesday 29 Sept |
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Exam 01. The exam will be on Sakai. You can
take the exam any tim on 11 Oct. Once you begin you have 90 minutes to
complete it. Please see relevant web page. Everything we have done so far,
review relevant sample exam questions, Reviews, & whatever
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PART TWO |
MEASUREMENT |
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| Wednesday 13 Oct Class #12 |
Objectives: Measuring Development.
Poverty and Inequality. The Development Game Readings: [74_UN-Poverty Handbook] Chapters 2, 3 Review-Measurement 00 Watch Video: Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate, Subjective Well-Being and Policy: Interview; see SAKAI-->Media Gallery Objectives: Measuring Development.
Poverty and Inequality Axioms. |
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Objectives: More on Measurement; Links between
poverty, inequality and output, Kuznets Inverted U. Does inequality matter?; Poverty, Inequality and
Growth. Review-Measurement 02
Objectives: Literacy. Review-Measurement 03 |
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Monday 25 Oct |
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Wednesday 27 Oct |
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Monday 01 Nov |
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Wednesday 03 Nov |
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Monday 08 Nov |
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Wednesday 10 Nov |
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Monday 15 Nov |
Exam 02. The exam will be on Sakai. You can
take the exam any tim on 15 Nov. Once you begin you have 90 minutes to
complete it. Please see relevant web page. Everything we have done so
far, review relevant sample exam questions, Reviews, etc. Emphasis on material not covered in the first
exam. |
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PART THREE |
TOPICS (subject to change) |
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Wednesday 17 Nov |
Objectives: Impact evaluation Readings: [10_1_SadouletImpactEvaluation] [10_2_Blattman] [10_3_StataCausality] *deJanvry & Sadoulet, Ch. 4; Ch. 14. Review-Slides-All-Topics-Sectiion _Part 3_ 439 Fall 2021 |
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| Monday 22 Nov Class #23 |
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Thanksgiving Break | |
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Monday 29 Nov In Rutgers land = Wed |
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Wednesday 01 Dec |
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Monday 06 Dec |
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| Wednesday 08 Dec Class #27 |
Objectives: Rural Markets - complications
of missing Markets for risk, Sharecropping, Microfinance Readings: [22_Marshall diagram][38_Ghalib_Microfinance & Poverty] [77_Small Band of Women] *deJanvry & Sadoulet, Ch. 13,18, 20, 22 |
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Monday 13 Dec |
Objectives: Labor Markets,
Migration, Outsourcing, Brain Drain, Remittances. |
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As Time Permits |
Objectives: Planning, Industrial
Policy, Choice of Techniques, Infant Industry. *deJanvry
& Sadoulet, Ch. 3 (skim);
Ch. 21. |
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As Time Permits |
Objectives: Education, Trade, Aid,
Standards, Environment. |
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Wednesday 22 Dec |
FINAL EXAM:
Comprehensive. It will cover the entire semester's work,
Once you begin you have 3 hours to complete it. Please see relevant
web page.. |
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