14.74 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate

Foundations of Development Policy

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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

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