Economics 172 Issues in African Economic Development

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Economics 172Issues in African Economic
Development

• Lecture 2
• January 19, 2006

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Lecture 2 Course Information Reminder

• 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
• Syllabus and other course information online

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Patterns of Global Economic Development

• Of the four Sub-Saharan Africa has had by far the
  worst economic performance since 1975
• Africa has the lowest income, worst health
  measures, worst physical infrastructure, most
  political violence

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Patterns of Global Economic Development

• Of the four Sub-Saharan Africa has had by far the
  worst economic performance since 1975
• Africa has the lowest income, worst health
  measures, worst physical infrastructure, most
  political violence
• Africa has also had negative per capita economic
  growth (on average -1) 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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Inputs into economic production

• Physical capital (K) factories, tractors,
  infrastructure

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Inputs into economic production

• Physical capital (K) factories, tractors,
  infrastructure
• Human capital (H) education, health

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Inputs into economic production

• Physical capital (K) factories, tractors,
  infrastructure
• Human capital (H) education, health
• Technology, broadly defined (A) production
  processes, government institutions, social
  structures

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Course Outline Part I

• Health and development

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Course Outline Part I

• Health and development
• Geography

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Course Outline Part I

• Health and development
• Geography
• Education

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Course Outline Part I

• Health and development
• Geography
• Education
• Saving and investment

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Causal impacts

• Low A, H, K ? Poverty

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Causal impacts

• Deeper factors? ?
• Low A, H, K ? Poverty

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Course Outline Part II

• Historical legacies

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Course Outline Part II

• Historical legacies
• Ethnic and social divisions

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Course Outline Part II

• Historical legacies
• Ethnic and social divisions
• Violence and war

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Course Outline Part II

• Historical legacies
• Ethnic and social divisions
• Violence and war
• Democracy and accountability

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The Solow Model of Economic Growth
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The Solow Model of Economic Growth
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• For next time Read Week 1 and Week 2 articles,
  especially Easterly (2001)

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Whiteboard 1
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Whiteboard 2
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Whiteboard 5
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Map of Africa