Development Economics as Taught in Developing Countries

This paper uses a combination of survey questions to instructors and data collected from course syllabi and examinations to examine how the subject of development economics is taught at the undergraduate and masters levels in developing countries,...

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Main Authors:	Mckenzie, David, Paffhausen, Anna Luisa
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	CAPITA INCOME COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTION UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM EMPIRICAL WORK INDEX NUMBERS ECONOMIC LITERATURE INCOME MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT POVERTY RATES POVERTY TRAPS ENROLLMENT RATIO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GDP PER CAPITA GRADUATE LEVEL LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ELASTICITY MARGINAL PRODUCT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLICY OPTIONS GROWTH MODEL BASIC KNOWLEDGE PAPERS INCENTIVES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT MASTERS LEVEL VARIABLES ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT PER-CAPITA INCOME INPUTS UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL RETURNS TO SCALE FACULTY DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OPEN ACCESS PROFESSORS POVERTY REDUCTION LITERACY TEXTBOOKS DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL POLICY PER CAPITA INCOMES PUBLIC POLICY COURSE CONTENT ANALYTICAL METHODS COURSE SYLLABI TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATION STATISTICS MEASURING POVERTY PER CAPITA INCOME DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FAILURES IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCREASING RETURNS MARKETS CONVERGENCE HYPOTHESIS CAPITA INCOMES LEARNING RESEARCH TRADE POLICY TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ECONOMIC RESEARCH UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INCOMPLETE MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH DATA AVAILABILITY HUMAN CAPITAL EXAM QUESTIONS RESEARCH CENTERS WORKERS DEVELOPMENT REPORT COUNTRY LEVEL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATIONS CAPITAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE STUDENT SCHOOLS MARKET FAILURES VALUE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT POLICY MAKERS CREDIT MACROECONOMICS POOR COUNTRIES FACULTIES NATIONAL INCOME URBAN AREAS ABSOLUTE POVERTY RESEARCHERS EDUCATION LEVEL AGRICULTURE LITERATURE BENCHMARK LEARNING OBJECTIVES PRODUCTION FUNCTION ECONOMICS RESEARCH OUTPUT FACULTY MEMBERS DATA SETS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE RICH COUNTRIES GDP SYLLABI THEORY GROWTH RATE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH INSTITUTES RURAL AREAS POVERTY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS MASTERS DEGREES WAGE DIFFERENTIALS RESEARCH FINDINGS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY POLICY RESEARCH GROWTH THEORY RAPID GROWTH EXCHANGE RATE DEGREES MICRO DATA ECONOMICS RESEARCH LABOR MARKETS SCHOOL UNDERGRADUATES TERTIARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS STUDENT LEARNING MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION UNIVERSITIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT UNDERGRADUATE COURSES GROWTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25705313/development-economics-taught-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23621

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25705313/development-economics-taught-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23621

Development Economics as Taught in Developing Countries

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