Calendar

Homework assignments were due approximately 1 week after the date they were assigned.

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1-2 Introduction: the vicious circle of poverty
3-4 Nutrition and productivity: interrelationships Problem set 1 out in Ses #3
5-8 Education Problem set 2 out in Ses #6
9-12 Health: a case study from Rajasthan

Problem set 3 out in Ses #9

Mid-term exam
13 Gender discrimination
14 Bargaining within families
15-16 In-class student presentations
17-18 Land Problem set 4 out in Ses #17
19-20 Savings Problem set 5 out in Ses #20
21 Insurance
22-23 Credit markets Problem set 6 out in Ses #23
24 Formal and informal institutions
25 Limits to social policy: corruption Final exam taken a week after Ses #25