DV592 Half Unit
Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis
This information is for the 2022/23 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Joana Naritomi CON.6.12
Availability
This course is available on the MRes/PhD in International Development. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Entry onto the course might be limited at the discretion of the instructor.
Pre-requisites
'DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development' or equivalent.
Course content
This course explores key issues in government policies in developing countries. The course will draw on specific examples chosen from development cases worldwide to learn which policies have worked, which ones have not, and how a rigorous analysis of these experiences can inform the design of better economic development policies in the future. It begins introducing concepts from public economics to discuss the scope and impacts of government interventions. In particular, the course will cover issues related to market failures, redistribution, public goods and externalities. The course will also discuss theoretical and empirical work on the economic consequences of government interventions, with particular focus economic incidence, efficiency trade-offs and unintended consequences of policies. In the second part, it focuses on challenges in raising government revenue and delivering public service in the developing world context, where limited state and fiscal capacity impose important constraints in policymaking. Beyond these topics, the course will provide background on relevant analytical tools in quantitative research, and develop skills to interpret empirical evidence in development economics.
Coursework will include a combination of class discussions, problem sets, presentations and computer-lab based sessions for students to explore programming and statistical skills.
Students are strongly encouraged to take DV491/591, as a highly complementary course that will also apply the empirical methods taught in DV490/590 to topics in Human Development, Institutions and Markets, Social Networks, Economic History and Cultural Economics, and Behavioural Economics and Development Policy Design.
Teaching
20 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the LT.
This course is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars in the LT.
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