Economics 172 Issues in African Economic Development Professor Ted Miguel Department of Economics University of California, Berkeley

Lecture 1: Introduction to Economics 172 Lecturer: Prof. Ted Miguel Email: emiguel@econ.berkeley.edu Office hours: Mondays 9-11:30am, Evans 647 GSIs: John Bellows (jbellows@econ.berkeley.edu) Jessica Leino (leino@econ.berkeley.edu) Enrollment issues: Desiree Schaan, GSI Coordinator (dschaan@econ.berkeley.edu), Evans 508-2 Economics 172: Lecture 1

Reading packets at Bancroft Copy Central Course structure: Part I: Economic Theories and Issues Part II: History, Institutions, and Politics Prerequisites: Some economics and some statistics Grading: Three problem sets – 30% Midterm exam – 30% Final exam – 40% Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Patterns of Global Economic Development The world’s four major less developed regions are East Asia, Latin America, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa Of the four Sub-Saharan Africa has had by far the worst economic performance since 1975 The goal of this course is to understand why Africa is so poor and what can be done about it Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Other dimensions of human development: Infrastructure (e.g., roads, electricity) Democracy Violence / armed conflict Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

For next time: Read Cooper (2002) and Kevane (2004) Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1

Economics 172: Lecture 1