Economic Development. 

ECON 406

Spring 2022

Augustana College

Dr. Marmé

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For copies of the practice sets for this class, for answer keys to same, and for a great deal more please go to Moodle. Moodle can be accessed by going to  http://moodle.augustana.edu and looking for ECON-406-01 Development Economics (20213SP) under Economics

As background to issues discussed in this course, check out Oneworld.net .  You can search this site by topic (women in development, environment, etc.) or by country.  Another useful site is Development Gateway.

National Public Radio programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered frequently feature reports on economic, political and social conditions around the world, including developing countries.  You can hear these broadcasts live on Augustana's own WVIK FM 90.3.  You can also listen to archived reports by going to NPR's website.

(Another excellent source of news online is the BBC.)

For an interesting historical perspective on economic development in the now industrialized world, I highly recommend Brad DeLong's Slouching Toward Utopia.

For more historical data you should look at the Economic Historian's webpage EH.net  

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For data and other information on developing countries you can consult:

The World Bank's page on poverty and inequality

CIA World Factbook

World Development Report

World Development Report (2012)

Ratio PPP Ratios to exchange rates.

Human Development Report

Debraj Ray's website (Ray is the author of the current text used in this course.)  .

Heads of state from around the world.

UNICEF

Jobs in development 

For data on China (both current and historical)

World Development Indicators

World Resources Institute.(Earth Trends)

United Nations data.un.org

Numbeo!

The “Penn World” Table

Catalytic Communities in Rio