14.74 Foundations of Development Policy, Spring 2004

Duflo, Esther, 1972-; Banerjee, Abhijit

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Duflo, Esther, 1972-; Banerjee, Abhijit

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Foundations of Development Policy

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Abstract

Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries. Goal is to spell out various policy options and to quantify the trade-offs between them. Special emphasis on education, health, gender, fertility, adoption of technological innovation, and the markets for land, credit, and labor. From the course home page: Course Description In this course, we will study the different facets of human development: education, health, gender, the family, land relations, risk, informal and formal norms and institutions. While studying each of these topics, we will ask: What determines the decisions of poor households in developing countries? What constraints are they subject to? Is there a scope for policy (by government, international organizations, or NGOs)? What policies have been tried out? Have they been successful?

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2004-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52815

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14.74-Spring2004

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Keywords

Economics, development, policy, human, education, health, gender, family, land, relations, risk, informal, formal, norms, institutions, decisions, poor, households, countries, government, international, organizations, Non-governmental organizations, NGOs

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