Frauenstudien/Genderstudies Sommersemster 2001

Lehrveranstaltungen
Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
Prof. Stephan Klasen, Ph.D.
Economic Development of Africa
Vorlesung (mit Übung)
Seminar für
Empirische
Wirtschaftsforschung
Ludwigstr. 28 RG
Tel. 2180-2459
W ann?
Di 9.30-12
Beginn: 24.4.
Wo?
HS 05,
Ludwigstr. 28 VG
Anmeldung
nicht erforderlich
Sprechstunde
Mo 14-15, Raum 19
This lecture course (which will be held in English) will
consider development issues in sub-Saharan Africa. In
particular, the course will seek to explore the factors
accounting for Africa’s high poverty and poor growth
performance. The course will examine these issues
historically, beginning with colonization and
decolonization up to the present-day experiences with
structural adjustment programs and debt relief. In
addition, it will examine the development challenges of
Africa analytically using growth models, empirical growth
regressions, and economic models of missing or
malfunctioning markets. Particular emphasis will also be
placed upon issues of human capital formation as well
as gender differences in access to education, technology,
and other productive inputs.
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