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Title: Economics 172 Issues in African Economic Development


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Economics 172Issues in African Economic
Development
  • Professor Ted Miguel
  • Department of Economics
  • University of California, Berkeley

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Lecture 1 Introduction to Economics 172
  • Lecturer Prof. Ted Miguel
  • Email emiguel_at_econ.berkeley.edu
  • Office hours Mondays 9-1130am, Evans 647
  • GSIs
  • John Bellows (jbellows_at_econ.berkeley.edu)
  • Jessica Leino (leino_at_econ.berkeley.edu)
  • Enrollment issues Desiree Schaan, GSI
    Coordinator (dschaan_at_econ.berkeley.edu), Evans
    508-2

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  • Reading packets at Bancroft Copy Central
  • Course structure
  • Part I Economic Theories and Issues
  • Part II History, Institutions, and Politics
  • Prerequisites Some economics and some statistics
  • Grading Three problem sets 30
  • Midterm exam 30
  • Final exam 40

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Patterns of Global Economic Development
  • The worlds four major less developed regions are
    East Asia, Latin America, South Asia, Sub-Saharan
    Africa
  • Of the four Sub-Saharan Africa has had by far the
    worst economic performance since 1975
  • The goal of this course is to understand why
    Africa is so poor and what can be done about it

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  • Other dimensions of human development
  • Infrastructure (e.g., roads, electricity)
  • Democracy
  • Violence / armed conflict

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  • For next time Read Cooper (2002) and Kevane
    (2004)

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