Classes

DPI-401: Institutions and Development

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2013

Provides an overview of what is known (and not yet known) about the effect of institutions on economic development, drawing on theoretical and empirical insights from a variety of disciplines.  Considers a wide range of development outcomes, but focuses  particular attention to the provision of basic public goods such as sanitation, law and order, and the maintenance of natural resources.

PED-150Y: Seminar: Political and Economic Development

Semester: 

Offered: 

2012
Designed for MPP students concentrating in political and economic development either in the United States or abroad. Students are required to take the initiative to find a client and write a major paper, the Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE); give several presentations on their own project; and provide intellectual support for others in the course. The emphasis is on becoming an effective professional in the field of domestic or international political and economic development.