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Is the concept of the developing world a useful one? Why or why not? What do you hope to gain from this course on development economics?
What is the role of financial and fiscal policy in promoting development? What is microfinance, and what are its potential and limitations for reducing poverty?
How have the emergence of the global factory and the globalization of trade and finance influenced international economic relations?
What is the impact of foreign economic aid from rich countries? Should developing countries continue to seek such aid, and if so, under what conditions?
What are the implications of debt problems for economic development? How do financial crises affect development?
What has been the impact of International Monetary Fund stabilization programs and World Bank structural adjustment lending on the balance of payments.
Why do so many developing countries select such poor development policies, and what can be done to improve these choices?
What do we mean by environmentally sustainable development? Are there serious economic costs for pursuing sustainable development as opposed to output growth.
As more than half the people in developing countries still reside in rural areas, how can agricultural and rural development best be promoted?
What is the impact of poor public health on the prospects for development, and what is needed to address these problems?
Why do people continue to migrate to the cities from rural areas even when their chances of finding a conventional job are slim?
Why does having large families make economic sense in an environment of widespread poverty and financial insecurity?
What are the causes of extreme poverty, and what policies have been most effective for improving the lives of the poorest of the poor?
How can improvements in the role and status of women have an especially beneficial impact on development prospects?
Why do some countries make rapid progress toward development while many others remain poor?
Which are the most influential theories of development, and are they compatible? Is underdevelopment an internally or externally induced phenomenon?
What is the real meaning of development? Do the Millennium Development Goals fit with these meanings?
What can be learned from the historical record of economic progress in the now developed world?
Quantitatively, how important is international trade to the United States relative to other nations?
Assuming constant costs, in which product should each nation specialize? Why? What are the limits of the terms of trade?
What are the price-quantity effects of this tariff on (a) domestic consumers, (b) domestic producers, and (c) foreign exporters?
Evaluate the use of artificial trade barriers, such as tariffs and import quotas, as a means of achieving and maintaining full employment.
What would be the likely short-run effects of that VER on the U.S. and Japanese steel industries?
How can U.S. manufacturers possibly compete? Why isn't all manufacturing done in Mexico and other low-wage countries?
What did the Uruguay Round (1994) of WTO trade negotiations accomplish? What is the name of the current WTO round of trade negotiations?