IZA/FCDO ONLINE Development Economics Course for South Asia

Background

We are happy to announce that the IZA/FCDO Programme on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (G�LM|LIC) is sponsoring the ONLINE EVENT: "Development Economics Course for South Asia", September 4 - November 6, 2023.

The biggest puzzle in economics is why fundamentally equal humans living in different countries enjoy very different standards of living. The aim of this course is to bring together the very latest research in development economics that tries to answer this puzzle.

We will follow the arc of development, which starts with small subsistence entrepreneurs (normally in agriculture) and ends in large complex multinational enterprises. We will analyze how man-made organizations trade with one another, how they affect the environment in which they live and how the environment affects them in return. We will finally analyze the role of the state in regulating markets, coordinating economic activity and containing externalities.

The course will be ten weeks, and will begin and end with a live lecture. Prerecorded lectures will then make up the remaining eight weeks. Students will be allocated to small tutorial groups that will meet online each week.The course is modeled after the award-winning undergraduate development course at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and, like its model, it is entirely based on research articles.

The course is designed for undergraduate students, but we can accept applications from grad students as well. Residence in South Asia is a strict requirement (please checkherefor the Asian countries that the course is targeted at). A basic knowledge of economics, statistics, mathematics is useful but there are no prerequisites other than a deep clear curiosity about the subject. Our goal is to open a window on the world of research, and to give students a glimpse of what economics can do. The language of instruction is English.

Instructors

Oriana Bandiera(London School of Economics and IZA)
Robin Burgess(London School of Economics)

Teaching Assistants

Michelle Rao (PhD Student, LSE) � Head Teaching Assistant
Ignacio Banares-Sanchez (PhD Student, LSE)
安东(博士生,LS万岁”E)
Gabriel Leite Mariante (PhD Student, LSE)
Jack Thiemel (PhD Student, LSE)

Submission

Applications should be uploaded via the online application form above byAugust 7, 2023.
The Program Committee will aim to communicate its decisions to the applicants by August 21, 2023.