— Economic Development in Weak States

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Barriers to economic development in developing countries. Economic and policy tools to address barriers within a functioning, well-intentioned government and non-functioning or ill-intentioned governments. Conflict between the state and other subnational actors for legitimate political control. Field experiments and other methodology to understand the success of economic and policy tools in weak states. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s). Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to Economics majors only. Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have previously completed an upper division economics course in economic development in weak states. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s). Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to Economics majors only. Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have previously completed an upper division economics course in economic development in weak states. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS).