Development Economics

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Free Online Course: Development Economics provided by MRUniversity is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 25-26 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from MRUniversity. Development Economics is taught by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.

Overview
  • What you will learn

    Why are some countries rich and others poor? This fundamental question has been on the mind of economists since Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776.

    This is a full course that covers all the major issues and developments in the field of development economics. Unlike typical college courses, we will take you to the frontier of the discipline, covering recent research as well as more established material.

    This course is non-technical and is accessible to a beginner. If you pass the final exam, you will earn our "Development Economics" certificate on your profile.

    Feel free to either go through the entire course or if you prefer, pick and choose videos of interest.

Syllabus
    1. Introduction
    2. Geography and Development 1
    3. Food and Agricultural Productivity
    4. Water Economics
    5. Geography and Development 2
    6. Economic Growth 1
    7. Economic Growth 2
    8. Bottlenecks, Linkages and Intermediate Goods
    9. Productivity of firms
    10. Trade
    11. Property Rights
    12. Corruption
    13. Foreign aid
    14. Finance, Growth and the Poor
    15. Poverty and Behavior
    16. Health
    17. Education
    18. Politics, democracy, and war
    19. Migration
    20. Population and environment
    21. Case Studies
    22. India
    23. People (References/Optional)

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