Economic Development at LSE Summer School 2007-2011
An undergraduate course that introduces the students to the field of Economic Development. The course identifies areas that are important for policymaking as well as areas where there is scope for further research .
I taught this course for 5 years at the LSE Summer School from July 2007 to July 2011. The course material for the course evolved over the 5 year period and this page reflects the material as it was taught in the last year. The student feedback for the course over the 5 year period can be found here
Lecture Slides 2010
| Lecture 1 | Introduction: Redistribution, Growth and Welfare |
| Lecture 2 | Economic Growth: The Neo-classical & Endogenous Story |
| Lecture 3 | Economic Growth: Growth Education and Human Capital |
| Lecture 4 | Media and Policy |
| Lecture 5 | Property Rights |
| Lecture 6 | Land Redistribution |
| Lecture 7 | Poverty, Undernutrition and Intra-household Allocation |
| Lecture 8 | Credit, Saving and Insurance |
| Lecture 9 | Microfinance |
| Lecture 10 | Social Networks and Social Capital |
| Lecture 11 | Decentralisation and Public Goods Provision |
| Lecture 12 | Regulation and Development |
Additional Notes
A Short Note on Ordinary Least Squares
Note on Diff in Diff, Dummies and IV
Notes on IV, Fixed Effects Dummies
A Short Note on Difference in Difference Estimator
A short Note on Instrumental Variables
Additional Notes on Occupational Choice Theory
Additional Notes on Reinikka & Svensson
Student Feedback for Economic Development at LSE, 2008-11