Prof Maitreesh Ghatak SAL.3.08A, Prof Nava Ashraf SAL.3.17 and Dr Gharad Bryan SAL.3.10

Dr Clare Balboni (TBC)

This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Economics and MRes/PhD in Economics and Management. This course is not available as an outside option.

The course will cover advanced topics in development economics where current research is active. It is intended to introduce research students in economics to the latest research in development economics and to serve as an input into the research work of these students.

30 hours of lectures in the AT. 30 hours of lectures in the WT.

This course is delivered through lectures totalling a minimum of 60 hours across Autumn Term and Winter Term. Attendance is compulsory.

Student will discuss papers in lectures.

Readings will be mainly from journal articles; a list will be supplied at the start of term.

Problem sets (100%) in the AT and WT.

There will be six take home problem sets, three in AT and three in WT.  Problem set questions may include an empirical exercise analysing data, a computation exercise, solving a theoretical exercise, or evaluating a recent unpublished working paper.  Each problem set will carry equal weight.