International Economic Development Assignments, Spring 2020

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Week 9

March 10, 2020 Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development

Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development
- Read Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development Chapter 9 PPT
- Agricultural Progress and Rural Development
- Integrated Rural Development
  - Seven Main Questions
- Past: The Green Revolution
- Three Systems of Agriculture
- Subsitence Farming
- The Important Role of Women
  - Cash Crops

March 12, 2020 Finish Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development

Finish Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development
- The Microeconomics of Farmer Behavior and Agricultural Development
  - Risk Aversion
  - Improving Small-Scale Agriculture
  - Land Reform

March 14-22, 2020 SPRING BREAK!! ENJOY!!!

Week 10

March 24, 2020 Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development

Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development
- Read Chapter 9: Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development Chapter 9 PPT
- Agricultural Progress and Rural Development
- Integrated Rural Development
  - Seven Main Questions
- Past: The Green Revolution
- Three Systems of Agriculture
- Subsitence Farming
- The Important Role of Women
  - Cash Crops
- The Microeconomics of Farmer Behavior and Agricultural Development
  - Risk Aversion
  - Improving Small-Scale Agriculture
  - Land Reform

March 26, 2020 Chapter 10: The Environment and Development

Chapter 10: The Environment and Development
- Read Chapter 10: The Environment and Development Chapter 10 PPT
- Basic Issues
  - Economics and the Environment
  - Sustainable Development and Environmental Accounting
  - Centrality of Water (p. 498)
  - A Tale of Two Villages
    - Desertification
    - Deforestation
    - Soil Errosion
  - Global Warming and Climate Change
    - Scope of the Problem
    - Mitigation
    - Adaptation
- A World of Contrasts on One Island: Case Study 10: Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Week 8

March 3, 2020 Chapter 8: Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development

Chapter 8: Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development
- Read Chapter 8: Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development Chapter 8 PPT
- The Central Roles of Education and Health
  - 1. Literacy
  - 2. Human Capital
  - 3. Education and Health as Joint Investments in Development
  - 4. Improving Health and Education: Why Increasing Income is Not Sufficient
- The Human Capital Approach to Investing in Education and Health
  - Discounted Prevent Value of Income Gains
- Child Labor
  - Four Main Approaches to Child Labor Policy today
- The Gender Gap: Discrimination in Education and Health

March 5, 2020 Finish Chapter 8: Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development

Finish Chapter 8: Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development
- The Gender Gap: Discrimination in Education and Health
  - Education and Gender
  - Health and Gender
  - Consequences of Gender Bias in Health and Education
  - Educational Systems and Development
    - Private Benefits and Costs
    - Social Benefits and Costs
    - An Education Lorenz Curve analysis
    - Health Measurement and Disease Burden
      - Average Health Measures acn mask great inequality
      - HIV/AIDS
      - Other diseases

February 25, 2020 Finish Chapter 6: Population Growth

Chapter 6: Population Growth
- Finish Chapter 6: The Microeconomics of the Demand for Children
- 4. The Microeconomics of the Demand for Children - KNOW how to show an increase in income and the woman's time effects

Country Analysis Part 2 Due February 27 at 11:59 pm for full points

February 27, 2020 Chapter 7 Rural-Urban Migration

Finish Chapter 6: The Microeconomics of the Demand for Children
Read Chapter 7: Urbanization Chapter 7 PPT
Chapter 7 Rural-Urban Migration
- Urbanization: Trends and Living Conditions
  - Role of Cities
  - Urban Informal Sector
  - Migration and Development

February 18, 2020 Chapter 6: Population Growth

Read Chapter 6: Population Growth Chapter 6 PPT
Chapter 6: Population Growth and Economic Development
- Population Growth and the Quality of Life
  - 1. Population Growth Through history
  - 2. The Structure of the World's Population
  - 3. Fertility and Mortality Trends
  - 4. Age Structure and Dependency Burdens
  - Family planning in Eithiopia
  - Two Child Policy - China
  - Elon Musk: The Man, The Myth, The Meme

February 20, 2020 Finish Chapter 6: Population Growth

Read Chapter 6: Population Growth Chapter 6 PPT
Causes and Effects
- 1. The Demographic Transition
- 2. Replacement Fertility
- 3. The Malthusian Population Trap
- 4. The Microeconomics of the Demand for Children - KNOW how to show an increase in income and the woman's time effects

February 11, 2020 Chapter 5: Poverty, Inequality, and Development

Read Chapter 5: Poverty, Inequality, and Development Chapter 5 PPT
Chapter 5: Poverty, Inequality, and Development
- Measuring Inequality
  - 1. Size of the distribution of Inequality
  - 2. Income Inequality
  - 3. Lorenz Curves
  - 4. Gini Coefficients

February 13, 2020 Finish Chapter 5: Poverty, Inequality, and Development

Chapter 5: Poverty, Inequality, and Development
- Measuring Poverty
  - 1. Absolute Poverty
  - 2. Headcount Index
  - 3. Total Poverty Gap
  - Poverty in India

February 4, 2020 Finish Chapter 3: Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development

Review Chapters 1 - 3 and additional material for the Midterm exam

February 6, 2020 Midterm Exam

Week 3

January 28, 2020 Chapter 3: Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development

Read Chapter 3 - Here's the PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 3 PPT
Chapter 3: Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development
- Four Approaches:
  - 1. The Linear Stages of Growth theories: there is an order to follow
  - 2. The Structural Change Theories: A country much develop in a "typical" way

January 30, 2020 Finish Chapter 3: Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development

Chapter 3: Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development
- Four Approaches continued:
  - 2. The Structural Change Theories: A country much develop in a "typical" way
  - 3. Colonialism - Dependence Theories: International and Domesitc Power Relationships
  - 4. The Neo-classical Market Theories: 1980s Conservative Governments Era

January 21, 2020 Chapter 2: Comparative Economic Development

Comparing Economies: How do we look at things?
Read Chapter 2 - Here's the PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 2 PPT
Introduction to Chapter 2: Comparative Economic Development
- Ten Important Features of Developing Countries
- Basic Definitions:
  - Low-income, Middle-income, and High-income countries
  - Basic Indicators: real GNI versus real GDP, inflation
  - Purchasing Power Parity
  - Holistic Measures of Living Levels and Capabilities
  - The Developing World: Diversity within Commonality
  - Today's Low-income differs from Developed Countries Early Stages
  - Convergence of Living Standards?
- Getting ahead in Rwanda's rural areas
- Visiting a Favela in Sao Paulo

January 23, 2020 Finish Chapter 2: Comparative Economic Development

Comparing Economies: How do we look at things?
Read Chapter 2 - Here's the PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 2 PPT
Introduction to Chapter 2: Comparative Economic Development
- Ten Important Features of Developing Countries
- Basic Definitions:
  - Low-income, Middle-income, and High-income countries
  - Basic Indicators: real GNI versus real GDP, inflation
  - Purchasing Power Parity
  - Holistic Measures of Living Levels and Capabilities
  - The Developing World: Diversity within Commonality
  - Today's Low-income differs from Developed Countries Early Stages
  - Convergence of Living Standards?

January 14, 2020 An Introduction to the Course: Economic Development: Developing and Developed

The Syllabus and The Outline
Overview of the Text and the Class: What is International Economic Development All About?
- Introduction
- The Nature of Development Economics
  - Traditional Economics
  - Political Economy
  - Development Economics: Developed versus Developing
- A Little Background
  - Some places that I have been
  - Expectations of you ...

January 16, 2020 Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Course

Read Chapter 1 - Chapter 1 PPT
Economics is a social science - values are important in Development Economics (p. 14)
- As a social science, the entire social system must be considered: Attitudes, Values, Power Structure, and Traditions
- Traditional Economic Measures: Real per capita GDP => real per capita GNI
- The New Economic View of Development: A Multidimensional Process
- Amartya Sen's "Capability" Approach
- The Role of Happiness
- Three Core Values of Development
  - Sustenance
  - Self-Esteem
  - Freedom
- The Central Role of Women
- The 3 Objectives of Development
The Millennium Development Goals
- Two modest targets: To reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day, To reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
- Five Universal Shifts:
  - 1. Leave no one behind
  - 2. Put sustainable develpment at the core
  - 3. Transform economies for jobs and inclusive growth
  - 4. Build peace and effective, open, and accountable institutions for all
  - 5. Forge a new global partnership
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