Fall, 2004
Prereq.: 14.121, 14.122
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: TTh 10:30 - 12:00 (E52-175; Harvard Littauer M15)

Agricultural issues: peasant behavior, land tenancy, and interlinked markets. Credit and insurance market problems and institutions. Health, nutrition, and productivity. Gender bias. Education. Technological change. Government failures.

Notices

Current

• MIT Students - first three lectures meet in E52-232
  
  
• Recitations:
• Harvard: Fridays 2:30 - 3:30 pm - Room TBA
• MIT: Fridays 4 - 5 pm - Room E52-175
  
• TA Office Hours:
  • Kalina: Wednesdays 2:30 - 4 pm - Basement Littauer
  • Patricia: Wednesdays 4 - 5:30 pm  - Office E52-303

Additional Reading

• Besley, T., and R. Burgess (2000) "Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(2), 389-430.

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