What explains the current pattern of inequality of incomes between and within countries? What are the historical and contemporaneous causes of the distribution of the wealth of nations? This course gives an introduction to growth and development, focusing on the use of real-world data and theoretical and empirical research as the basis of development policies. The course aims to understand how low- and middle-income countries are institutionally, historically, or structurally different from high income countries, to learn and deploy theories and models of economic development and to understand policies that have been effective in dealing with particular problems affecting developing countries. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement.

Prerequisite: -EC302.

Degree requirement — Critical Perspectives: G

1 unit — Kapuria-Foreman

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2024	Block 7	Economic Development	Vibha Kapuria-Foreman	Palmer Hall 120	25 / 11	04/22/2024
Fall 2024	Block 1	Economic Development	Vibha Kapuria-Foreman	TBA	25 / 25	04/22/2024