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SYLLABUSES
January 23, 2009
Why is Africa poor? What, if anything, can the West do about it? No course can answer these questions in full, but one can get started on the (hopefully lifelong) learning. Students will be exposed to the major and the not‐so-major debates in aid and development. They will discuss the conventional a...
SYLLABUSES
January 23, 2009
This module will explore some of the research on the key issues of growth and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. It will examine a variety of empirical findings on these topics to better understand why Africa and the international agencies tasked to promote development have had so little succ...
SYLLABUSES
January 23, 2009
This module will examine the leading issues related to capital flows between the developed and developing worlds. It will cover the various types of official and private finance as well as the institutions and policies designed to manage and promote these flows. It begins by considering developmen...
WHITE HOUSE AND THE WORLD POLICY BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
The United States has played a leadership role in the fight against
global corruption, and there aremany reasons to be hopeful
about this effort. Nonetheless, corruption continues to seriously
impede development efforts around the world, and the critical
task of combating it will require both lo...