Economics of Development

⊕ Instructor
Dr. Ryan Safner
118 Rosenstock
safner@hood.edu
@ryansafner
Office hours: TuTh 10:30–11:30AM

Course
MW
August 26–December 10, 2019
11:30 AM–12:45 PM
215 Rosenstock


This site contains the syllabus, schedule, and assignments for ECON 317: Economics of Development, held during Fall 2019 at Hood College.

Last Update: 10:39:54 Mon Dec 09 2019

By the end of this course, you will:

• Explain how the development community measures economic development
• Interpret regression tables in the empirical literature in development
• Demonstrate different theories of economic development
• Explain why various policies aimed at promoting development have failed
• Describe essential conditions for successful development
• Discuss the broad economic history of “the West”, several key “Emerging Markets” (such as Russia, China, Korea, etc.), and several other case studies of developing countries

Given these objectives, this course fulfills two of the learning outcomes for the George B. Delaplaine, Jr. School of Business Economics B.A. program:

• Apply economic reasoning and models to understand and analyze problems of public policy […]
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communications skills for personal and professional success[…]