Development Economics¶
Overview¶
- Why are some countries so poor and some so rich
- What are the particular economic problems faced by countries that are poor, and how do we model and understand these phenomena
- What could be done to help solve market failures in poor countries
- What went right
- What risk going wrong? Is the COVID-19 crisis reversal here to stay
- Poverty traps
- Human capital
- Source
- Heterogeneity
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Why people are not investing optimally in
- Education
- Health
- Nutrition
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Capital
- Heterogeneity
- Credit & savings
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Land
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Labor markets: Allocation of labor
- Productivity
- Technology
- Organization of firms
References¶
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaG
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP620R91K4KP_fO4l3eeK5lDn
- IIT Roorkee | Health Economics