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Yale African Studies Summer Institute 2011

Yale African Studies Summer Institute 2011. Economic Development in Africa Chris Udry, Department of Economics. Some Trends. Income and child mortality Income and fertility Income and sectoral transformation Income and sugar consumption (!). References. Website: www.gapminder.org.

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Yale African Studies Summer Institute 2011

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  1. Yale African Studies Summer Institute 2011 Economic Development in Africa Chris Udry, Department of Economics

  2. Some Trends • Income and child mortality • Income and fertility • Income and sectoral transformation • Income and sugar consumption (!)

  3. References • Website: www.gapminder.org

  4. Books: ‘Onions are My Husband’, Gracia Clark; God’s Bits of Wood, Sembene Ousmane; Anthills of the Savanna, Chinua Achebe; Sara Berry, No Condition is Permanent; Ralph Austen, African Economic History; Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo, Poor Economics

  5. reviews: Collier and Gunning, 1999. “Why has Africa Grown Slowly,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 13/3, pp. 3-22. More detail can be found in Collier and Gunning. 1999. Journal of Economic Literature, 37/1, pp.64-111. Bill Easterly, 2009 “Can the West Save Africa?” Journal of Economic Literature, 47/2: pp. 373-447; Ted Miguel, 2008. “Is it Africa’s Turn?” Boston Review. May/June Issue.

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