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This is an invitation to participate in a periodic course evaluation for ECON4915 - Development Economics. The periodic course evaluation is in addition to the evaluation that has already taken place earlier this semester and is somewhat more extensive. The evaluation is done on the internet and the deadline for giving your answer is June 9. Please note that there are questions concerning the exam, so preferably you should not answer this form until after your exam.
You will find some sample questions (and suggestions on how to prepare for the exam) here: Questions & Tips
For the exam purpose, you do not have to consider the following materials. 1. Acemoglu & Robinson's paper "Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective", which is discussed in the last class.
2. Chapter 8 from Debraj Ray on "Poverty and Undernutrition", which is not discussed in the course (but mentioned in an earlier version of the reading plan)
Seminar 6 problem set is posted. You can discuss the seminar questions with me on Monday May 9th.
During the lecture on May 4th, I will discuss materials from Chapter 7 (Inequality, income and growth) of Debraj ray's book .
On Wednesday's class (April 6th) I will go through Kremer's paper on "The O-Ring theory of economics development."
I have made some changes in the seminar 5 questions. Please check the updated version. The current version is updated on March 30, 2011.
Seminar 5 problem set is posted. Students can discuss the problems with me on Monday April 4 (15:30-17:00).
Seminar 4 problem set is posted. Students can discuss the problems with me on Monday March 21 (15:30-17:00).
Leiming Hong is appointed as 'student contact' for this course. You may contact him at leimingh"at"student.sv.uio.no
Seminar 3 problem set is posted. Students can discuss the problems with me on Monday March 14 (15:00-16:00).
Seminar 2 problem set is posted. Students can discuss the problems with me on Friday March 4 (15:00-16:00) or on Monday March 7 (15:00-16:00).
A modified group list is posted. Please check yourself and let me know in case you find anything inconsistent with yesterday's discussion in class.
Next week groups A3 and A4 will discuss the seminar problems on Tuesday and groups B3 and B4 will discuss the seminar problems on Wednesday.
I will be available for discussion on Friday 18/02 (15:00 - 16:00) and Monday 21/02 (15:00 - 16:00).
I have posted the group list for the seminars. I strongly request that every student should contact other members of his/her group to ensure that all members within a group, as listed, are willing to work together.
If any student is not willing to come to seminars (for whatever reason) and/or not willing to participate in discussions with other group members, must inform other group members and me ASAP. Besides, one member from each group (each group must choose a contact person for that group) should inform me about the status of the group (whether everyone willing to work together) by the end of this week.
A group's responsibility include presentation and discussion of two problems during seminars (you will get two problems from two different weeks) over the whole semester. It is groups own responsibility of organize meeting among group members.
The responsible group can discuss their proposed solution with me on Fridays (between 15:00 - 17:00) in the we...