KECD 2340 - DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

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 :

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

• a referee report
• a paper replication

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