1 / 4

Understanding Economic Development Dynamics Around the World

Explore economic development, growth models, and policy strategies in different regions. Evaluate the impact of geography, institutions, and government policies on prosperity. Dive into case studies like India's growth and global disasters.

daigre
Download Presentation

Understanding Economic Development Dynamics Around the World

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ECON 359Economic Development • Instructor: Bernard Malamud • Office: BEH 502 • Phone (702) 895 –3294 • Fax: 895 – 1354 • Email: bernard.malamud@unlv.edu • Website: www.unlv.edu/faculty/bmalamud • Office hours: MW 3 – 4 pm; TTh 4 - 5:30 pm and by appointment

  2. Course objectives Why isn’t every country as rich as us? • Know the world • Its regions • Their past development • Their future prospects • Familiarity with Solow growth model • Augment for education, health, • … legal and financial infrastructure • Evaluate alternative development strategies • Import substitution industrialization vs. export led growth • Industrial policy vs. market fundamentalism • Understand roles of • Geography and resources • Institutions/rule-of-law • Government policies

  3. Your responsibilities • Exams/take-home essays • The daily vignette Example: India’s Weak State Will Never Overhaul China (Financial Times, 8/18/10) • Characterizing India Today • Extensive controls • Large public sector • Limited trade /FDI unfriendly • Weak central state • Hindu – Muslim conflict • Endemic corruption • So why is India growing @ 8+ % ? • Entrepreneurial drive – hustle • Elite education – IT sector … but only a few are involved • Rising demand • Competition between states • “But Indian state will seldom be ahead of the curve in galvanizing change • … this bottleneck will make Chinese growth elusive.”

  4. Tour of the World HDR:http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/human-development-trends-2005/ Disaster Websites Pakistan flooding http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/04683811C4BA31A485257773006F3A57/$File/map.pdf?OpenElement Kashmire earthquake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake#Casualties Haiti earthquake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake Katrina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Mexico Drug War http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/mexico/drug_trafficking/index.html?scp=1&sq=mexico%20mayor%20murder&st=cse Las Vegas Sex Slavery http://unlvrebelyell.com/2010/08/23/child-sex-slavery-rages-in-las-vegas/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGNPcxADzkg

More Related