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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2008-2009 Course Listing > Development Policy Strategy
PED-309: Development Policy Strategy
Faculty: Ricardo Hausmann
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 9/10 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM | L280 |
| Review | F | 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM | L230 |
Description
This course will integrate the analysis of macroeconomic, structural, social, institutional, and political dimensions of development in the design of an overall development strategy. The course reviews determinants of growth, macroeconomic stability, and income distribution. It will analyze the effects of institutional arrangements surrounding fiscal, monetary, financial, trade, investment, and labor policy. It will also analyze the relationship between political institutions and policy problems. Students will learn to use all available information to generate a diagnostic of the development challenges and opportunities that countries face and will be required to design an overall development strategy for a country of their choice.
This course is intended for second-year MPA/ID students. Open to non-HKS students by permission of instructor only.