ECON 3291 — Development Economics

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath SIusually offered: springtypical days: TBostonTraditional

Explores social and economic development around the world. Topics include income, poverty, inequality, human development, geography, growth, impact evaluation, health, education, financial markets, trade, and gender inequality. Analyzes four key elements of economic development: income, poverty, inequality, and human development. Offers students an opportunity to understand the determinants of economic growth. Focuses on major policy issues concerning health, education, credit, savings, gender differences, and globalization. Studies which interventions worked and which did not. Exposes students to readings and perspectives from several academic disciplines. Emphasizes one unifying methodological theme: the usefulness of empirical economic tools in assessing the arguments presented in debates about development.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - ECON 1116 (min D-)
  - ECO 213M
- one of:
  - ECON 2350 (min D-)
  - BUSM 22EM
  - INSH 3102 (min D-)
  - MATH 2280 (min D-)
  - MATH 3081 (min D-)
  - MGSC 2301 (min D-)
  - BUSM 224M
  - POLS 2400 (min D-)
  - PSYC 2320 (min D-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full
Fall 2024	1	45	45	100%
Spring 2025	1	45	45	100%
Spring 2026	1	43	43	100%

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 32% · T 68% · W 32% · Th 0% · F 34%

Common patterns: TF (34% of sections), T (34% of sections), MW (32% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Ariel Gomez (100% of students) · reviews

Spring

Nishith Prakash (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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