Date

Lecture Topics, Assignments, Presentations and Tests

Chapters Covered in Required Text

January

11

First Class  - Introduction: Economics, Institutions and Development

1

18

The State of Underdevelopment

25

Human Capital: Education and Health

First Group Presentation

8

February

1

Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development

Second Group Presentation

9

8

The Environment and Development

Third Group Presentation

10

15

Term Test

1,8-10

21-22

Study Week

March

1

Development Policymaking and the Roles of the Market, State and Civil Society

Fourth Group Presentation

11

1

Assignment due

8

International Trade Theory and Development Strategy

12

11

First Draft of Term Paper Due

13

Last day to withdraw w/out an “F”

15

Balance of Payments, Stabilization and Debt Reduction

Fifth Group Presentation

13

22, 29

Term Paper Presentations

April

5

Foreign Finance, Investment and Aid

Sixth Group Presentation

14

5

Finance and Fiscal Policy

Seventh Group Presentation

15

8

Final Draft of Case Study due by 4:30 pm

11

Final Examination Period begins

No Final