There is no single required text for
this course. Instead readings taken from several texts and various
articles are available online and on reserve in the library. In the
list below, I have distinguished between "core readings", "further
readings" and "case studies". You should try to read the core readings
as carefully as possible. Further readings are optional unless I
specifically ask about them on an assignment. I will use the case
studies to provide concrete examples throughout the course, but I do
not expect you to read these in detail.
Most of
the core readings come from the following texts:
Economic
Development by Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith
(10th Edition, Pearson, 2009)
Economic
Growth by
David N. Weil (2nd edition, Pearson-Addison Wesley, 2009)
Economics
of
Development by D. Perkins, S. Radelet and
D. Lindauer (6th Edition, Norton, 2006)
Development
Economics by Debraj Ray
(1998:
Princeton).
The
Economics of Microfinance by B.A. de
Aghion and J. Morduch (MIT Press, 2005)
In addition I will draw some case studies and further readings from the
following books:
The
Elusive
Quest for Growth by William Easterley (MIT Press, 2001)
The Economics
of Rural Organization by
K.
Hoff, A. Braverman and J. Stiglitz (OUP,
1993)
Case Studies in Economic
Development by Stephen C.
Smith (Addison Wesley
Longman,
2003)
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1. The Big Picture