Economics 172 Issues in African Economic Development

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Economics 172Issues in African Economic
Development

• Professor Ted Miguel
• Department of Economics
• University of California, Berkeley

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Lecture 1 Introduction to Economics 172

• Lecturer Prof. Ted Miguel
• Email emiguel_at_econ.berkeley.edu
• Office hours Mondays 9-1130am, Evans 647
• GSIs
• John Bellows (jbellows_at_econ.berkeley.edu)
• Jessica Leino (leino_at_econ.berkeley.edu)
• Enrollment issues Desiree Schaan, GSI
  Coordinator (dschaan_at_econ.berkeley.edu), Evans
  508-2

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• Reading packets at Bancroft Copy Central
• Course structure
• Part I Economic Theories and Issues
• Part II History, Institutions, and Politics
• Prerequisites Some economics and some statistics
• Grading Three problem sets 30
• Midterm exam 30
• Final exam 40

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Patterns of Global Economic Development

• The worlds four major less developed regions are
  East Asia, Latin America, South Asia, Sub-Saharan
  Africa
• Of the four Sub-Saharan Africa has had by far the
  worst economic performance since 1975
• The goal of this course is to understand why
  Africa is so poor and what can be done about it

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• Other dimensions of human development
• Infrastructure (e.g., roads, electricity)
• Democracy
• Violence / armed conflict

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• For next time Read Cooper (2002) and Kevane
  (2004)

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