Foundations of Development Policy: Advanced Development Economics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • *Content: I am functioning as an Economist in RBI, I think; the course will encourage to find specialized and hypothetical instruments for assessment of different social area strategies. The course will likewise highlight the rising part of government and political economy in encircling advancement strategy. My desires from the course would secure hypothetical and experimental strategies for viable arrangement intercession in different social issues. The course will be more intuitive and fascinating, once we will chip away at genuine dataset utilizing econometric investigation amid assignments. *Instructor: Rich experience of the Instructors will make this course more connected and live too. *Institution/Provider: Credibility of the Institution is certain, indeed, it will be a significant privilege for me to work with one of the best Institution of the World.
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  • Assessment of strategies is a zone of progressively significance so thank you for this course yet you ought to likewise consider the French.
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  • I am a community developer engaged with Grooming centre. I feel the programme is a wonderful effort for helping me to acquire greater portion from my work and the positive effect to the society. Incredible work.
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Using economic theory and data analysis, explore the economic lives of the poor, and the ways to design and implement effective development policy.With this course you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.

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Familiarity with high school calculus

Basic understanding of statistics or econometrics

Familiarity with introductory microeconomics

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4.5
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  • *Content: I am functioning as an Economist in RBI, I think; the course will encourage to find specialized and hypothetical instruments for assessment of different social area strategies. The course will likewise highlight the rising part of government and political economy in encircling advancement strategy. My desires from the course would secure hypothetical and experimental strategies for viable arrangement intercession in different social issues. The course will be more intuitive and fascinating, once we will chip away at genuine dataset utilizing econometric investigation amid assignments. *Instructor: Rich experience of the Instructors will make this course more connected and live too. *Institution/Provider: Credibility of the Institution is certain, indeed, it will be a significant privilege for me to work with one of the best Institution of the World.
    ← | →
  • Assessment of strategies is a zone of progressively significance so thank you for this course yet you ought to likewise consider the French.
    ← | →
  • I am a community developer engaged with Grooming centre. I feel the programme is a wonderful effort for helping me to acquire greater portion from my work and the positive effect to the society. Incredible work.
    ← | →
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Gopal Prasad

4.5
01/04/2017
What I would highlight: *Content: I am functioning as an Economist in RBI, I think; the course will encourage to find specialized and hypothetical instruments for assessment of different social area strategies. The course will likewise highlight the rising part of government and political economy in encircling advancement strategy. My desires from the course would secure hypothetical and experimental strategies for viable arrangement intercession in different social issues. The course will be more intuitive and fascinating, once we will chip away at genuine dataset utilizing econometric investigation amid assignments. *Instructor: Rich experience of the Instructors will make this course more connected and live too. *Institution/Provider: Credibility of the Institution is certain, indeed, it will be a significant privilege for me to work with one of the best Institution of the World.
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Ex-student

4.5
01/03/2017
What I would highlight: Assessment of strategies is a zone of progressively significance so thank you for this course yet you ought to likewise consider the French.
What could be improved: Everything was positive.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

NJOKU PAUL

4.5
01/02/2017
What I would highlight: I am a community developer engaged with Grooming centre. I feel the programme is a wonderful effort for helping me to acquire greater portion from my work and the positive effect to the society. Incredible work.
What could be improved: Nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Giang Vu

4.5
01/01/2017
What I would highlight: I am a journalist looking for learning and aptitudes to travel to a profession being developed. This course is ideal for that reason. I like the way that it covers an extensive variety of aspects, from sexual orientation to credit. The activities and homework can be truly extreme, particularly for those new to factual dialect and instruments like myself. Simply be set up to spend truly 8-12 hours for each week for it. The educators are amazing. They generally attempt to give distinctive approaches to clarify troublesome issues so everybody could proceed.
What could be improved: N/A.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Development Policy
  • Developing countries

Course programme

In this course, we will study the different facets of human development in topics such as education, health, gender, the family, land relations, risk, informal and formal norms, public policy, and institutions. While studying each of these topics, we will delve into the following questions: What determines the decisions of poor households in developing countries? What constraints are poor households subject to? What is the scope for policy interventions (implemented by the government, international organizations, or NGOs)? What policies have been tried out? Have they been successful? At the same time, you will discover modern empirical methods in economics, in particular Randomized Control Trials (RCTs). Throughout the course, we will expose you to all facets of empirical projects, from experimental design and ethical issues, to data collection and data analysis.You will have the chance to gain experience working with real data using software for statistical analysis during weekly assignments.

Additional information

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Abhijit Banerjee was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Harvard University. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT. Banerjee is a past president of the Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of Development, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society, and has been a Guggenheim Fellow and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. He is the recipient of many awards, including the inaugural Infosys Prize in 2009, and has been an honorary advisor to many organizations including the World Bank and the government of India. Esther Duflo Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT. 

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