Lecture 15 on the education decisions from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
This book grew, in part, out of years of teaching undergraduates and graduate students at MIT and elsewhere, and we hope that it can be used to support learning at various levels.
In the spring of 2011, we have been using the book for two courses: one, Challenges for World Poverty, an introductory course for students who do not have a background in economics. This course is a mix of lecture and discussion. Students read the book, as well as other papers, and they answer essay questions about the issues that they learn about. The second course, Foundations of Development Policies, is for advanced undergraduates and masters students.
In this section of the website, we provide the course materials from both. These materials include the lecture notes, assignments, and videos used throughout the course. We hope you will find this material useful as a supplementary resource to the book, and a way to enrich your learning experience.
Given that both courses are currently underway, this page will be regularly updated, so do check back often!
Lecture 15 on the education decisions from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Lecture 16 on land from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Lecture 17 on land from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Lectures 18-20 on credit from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Lecture 17 on the (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor, from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
Lecture 18 on the promise and perils of microfinance, from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
Lecture 21-22 on savings from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Lecture 19 on savings from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
Lecture 20 on entrepreneurs and workers from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
A Financial Times article written in response to the November 2011 microcredit crisis in Andhra Pradesh, India.