Course Highlights
For this course, students must write one analytical paper examining the fourth week of readings. This paper is detailed in the assignments section. A full list of readings is also available.
Course Description
This course examines theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the process of late development. Topics include the role of the state in alleviating or exacerbating poverty, the politics of industrial policy and planning and the relationship between institutional change and growth. How over the past century have some of the world's poorest nations achieved wealth? How have others remained mired in poverty? What are the social consequences for alternative strategies of development?
