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14.74 Foundations of Development Policy
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(Subject meets with 14.740)
Prereq: 14.01
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: MW1-2.30 (E51-151) Recitation: F1 (E51-361) +final
Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries, with the goal of spelling out various policy options and quantifying the trade-offs between them. Topics include education, health, fertility, adoption of technological innovations, financial markets (credit, savings, and insurance), markets for land and labor, political factors, and international considerations (aid, trade, and multinational firms). Some basic familiarity with probability and/or statistics is useful for this class. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
D. Atkin, D. Donaldson
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