| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Introduction to poverty and developing countries | (PDF) |
| 2 | Will growth eradicate poverty? Or, does a rising tide lift all ships? | (PDF) |
| 3 |
The economic lives of the poor Guest lecture: Prof. Abhijit Banerjee | (PDF) (Courtesy of Prof. Abhijit Banerjee. Used with permission.) |
| Food | ||
| 4 | Potatoes: nutrition, productivity and population growth | (PDF - 1.7MB) |
| 5 | The Bengal Famine of 1943: Amartya Sen and Satayajit Ray | (PDF) |
| 6 | Famines and other disasters: cause and reactions | (PDF) |
| 7 | Understanding nutrition decisions | (PDF) |
| Education | ||
| 8 | Education and child labor | (PDF) |
| 9 | How to get children into school? Evaluating different policy options | (PDF) |
| 10 | Education: educated for what? | (PDF) |
| 11 | Remedying education: evidence from two randomized evaluations | (PDF) |
| Health | ||
| 12 | The challenge of delivering healthcare to the poor: Udaipur | (PDF) |
| 13 | Disease and development: micro and macro approaches | (PDF) |
| 14 | Delivering healthcare: malaria and the bednet controversy | (PDF) |
| 15 | Investment and technology: should we subsidize fertilizer? | (PDF) |
| Finance | ||
| 16 | Introduction to credit, savings and insurance | (PDF) |
| 17 | The microcredit promise? | (PDF) |
| 18 | Savings | (PDF) |
| 19 | Insurance | (PDF) |
| Institutions | ||
| 20 | Property rights on the ground | (PDF) |
| 21 | Property rights and the wealth of nations | (PDF) |
| International dimensions | ||
| 22 | The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | (PDF) |
| 23 | Globalization and trade | (PDF) |
| 24 | Globalization and financial crisis | (PDF) |
| 25 | Does aid work? | (PDF) |
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