Teaching plan ECON 1910 Poverty and distribution in developing countries


Week Date Topic Lecturer Readings
3 15-Jan Introduction Jo R: 1, 2; B: 24
4 22-Jan Inequality: Defining and measuring Jo R: 6
5 29-Jan Poverty: Devining and measuring Jo R: 8; B: 1
6 5-Feb Poverty and development Jo R: 8; B: 15
7 12-Feb Inequality and development Jo R: 7, 8; B: 4
8 19-Feb Inequality and development Jo R: 7, 8; B: 12
9 26-Feb Economic growth Jørgen R: 3
10 4-Mar Economic growth Jørgen R: 4; B: 5
11 11-Mar Economic growth Jørgen R: 5; B: 2, 3
12 18-Mar Easter
13 25-Mar Easter
14 1-Apr Migration Jørgen R: 10; B: 8
15 8-Apr Migration Jørgen R: 10; B: 8
16 15-Apr International trade Jørgen R: 16, 17; B: 
17 22-Apr International trade Jørgen R: 16, 17; B: 6, 7
18 29-Apr

Readings: R refers to chapers in Ray: Development Economics, B to chapters in Banerjee et al.: Understanding poverty