Assignment:
Instructions:
Please write double-spaced summary/comments (three paragraphs typed) on each case study. Each paragraph must contain three sentences and is worth 2 or 3 points. Please use Times New Roman, one inch margins, and 12 point font.
A. Case Study 1
Read and summarize "Kuznets's Inverted-U Hypothesis", and discuss the conceptual merits and limitations of this hypothesis for African countries.
B. Case Study 2
Read and summarize "Women and Poverty."
C. Case Study 3
Read "Policy Options on Income Inequality and Poverty: Some Basic Considerations" and outline the range of major policies options available to African countries to alter and modify the size distribution of their national income.
Readings:
Economic Development-Poverty, Inequality, and Development
By Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith