KECD 2340 - DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

KECD 2340 · Spring semester 2026-2027

Language of tuition
English
Course type
Cours séminaire
Number of hours
24
Credits
4

Information

Description

Course Texts:

Poor Economics" Duo and Banerjee (2011)Link Website

Understanding Poverty" Banerjee et al. (2006) LinkWebsite

Methods:

Impact Evaluation: Imbens and Wooldridge (2009).LinkWebsite

Basic econometrics: Angrist and Pischke (2008, 2014).

Seminars and conferences :

Top development seminars or conferences to attend / watch online:

CEPR STEG Conference LinkWebsite

CEPR/VDEV Seminar LinkWebsite

Look up past BREAD virtual phd course: here Website

Other readings:

  • K. Boo (2012) "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity."
  • A. Sethi (2012) "A Free Man: a True Story of Life and Death in Delhi".

Blogs :

World Bank Research Group LinkWebsite

VoxDev LinkWebsite

Assessment

Assessment :

The assessment will be composed of two take-home works:

  • a referee report
  • a paper replication

Workload

Le syllabus complet vous sera envoyer à la rentrée.

Readings

Main readings 1

  1. VoxDev Link : <a href="https://voxdev.org/">Website</a>

Teaching units

Unit no.Unit type Teaching unitsTeachers Number of hoursCredits
55471Cours séminaire DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Clément IMBERT244

Teachers

  • Clément IMBERT

In the curricula

Contacts and resources

Contact
NEZLIOUI-SERRAZ Hadjila