Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 14.771 (Fall 2002) 
• Course Title:
• Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Economics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Esther Duflo
  Prof. Abhijit Banerjee
  Prof. Michael Kremer 
• Course Introduction:
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  14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2002

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

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  Course Description

  
  
  

  Prerequisites: 14.121, 14.122
  
  Topics include: Agricultural issues: peasant behavior, land tenancy, and interlinked markets. Credit and insurance market problems and institutions. Health, nutrition, and productivity. Gender bias. Education. Technological change. Government failures.

  
  
  

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