Reccomended or required readings
The bibliography may be subject to changes at the end of the course.
Starred references are compulsory for all. Double-starred references are obligatory, additional reading for students who have not attended the course.
What is development?
* Land Rush (video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_pKnP-2mOQ)
* Collective Love (video): social policies and inequalities in Brazil, (http://nadiavonjacobi.com/collectivelove/)
Development in figures: indicators and trends
* Marchionatti e Mornati (2010), parte V, cap. 1
* Gertner, J. (2010). The Rise and Fall of GDP. New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 16, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/magazine/16GDP- t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
* United Nations (2008). 2007-08 Technical Note 1 (pp. 1-2)
* Kenny, C. (2015). "SDGs: Not Much to Cheer Yet"
* 2. United Nations (2016). The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2016. New York. http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2016/ http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2015_MDG_Report/pdf/MDG%202015%20rev% 20(July%201).pdf
Maddison, A. (2005). L’economia mondiale. Una prospettiva millenaria. Giuffré.
OECD (2010). The World Economy. The Contours of World Development. http://www.theworldeconomy.org/
Development theory and practice
* Harriss, J. (2014). Development Theories. In Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David Malone and Rohinton Medhora (eds), International Development: Ideas, Experience and Prospects. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/handle/10625/51544
* Devarajan, S. and R. Kanbur (2014). Development Strategy: Balancing Market and Government Failure. In Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David Malone and Rohinton Medhora (eds), International Development: Ideas, Experience and Prospects. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. http://idl- bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/handle/10625/51546
* Ajakayie, O. and A. Jerome (2014). Economic Development: The Experience of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David Malone and Rohinton Medhora (eds), International Development: Ideas, Experience and Prospects. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/handle/10625/51585
* Sahn, D.E. and S. Younger (2004). Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Beyond. Journal of African Economies, Vol. 13, Supplement, pp. 66-95
Structural factors of underdevelopment: cultural and geographic theories
*Trebilcock, M. and Mota Prado, M. (2011), What Makes Poor Countries Poor? Institutional Determinants of Development, pp. 1-25
Institutions and development
*Trebilcock, M. and Mota Prado, M. (2011), What Makes Poor Countries Poor? Institutional Determinants of Development, pp. 25-40
*Shirley, M. (2008), Institutions and Development, pp. 1-44.
* Engerman, S. and Sokoloff, K., (2002), Factor Endowments, Inequality, and Paths of Development among New World Economies, NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES, WP 9259, pp. 1–55.
Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S. and and Robinson, J. A., (2001), The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation, The American Economic Review, 91:5, pp. 1369-1401.
Ownership of development processes: critical perspectives
*Pritchett, L. (2012), “Folk and the Formula - Pathways to Capable States”, UNU- WIDER Annual Lecture.
*Barder, O. (2012), Complexity and Innovation in Development, Kapuscinski Development Lectures. Section 5
**Barder, O. (2012), Complexity and Innovation in Development, Kapuscinski Development Lectures. All sections.
Rodrik, D., Subramanian, A. and Trebbi, F. (2004) “Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development”. In: Journal of Economic Growth 9.2, pp. 131–165.
**Ferrero, G. and Zepeda, C. (2014), in Frediani, A. et al. (eds.), Rethinking Development Management Methodology: Towards a "Process Freedoms Approach", Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Special Issue, 15:1, pp. 28-46.
*Frediani, A., Boni, A. and Gasper, D. (2014), Approaching Development Projects from a Human Development and Capability Perspective, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Special Issue, 15:1, pp. 3-27.
International cooperation: actors, numbers, trends, intervention typologies
* OECD. Development Finance Data Frequently Asked Questions 1-2. http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-data/faq.htm
* OECD (2016). Development Finance Data. http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-data/
Examples of development projects
* Moving Mumbai (video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz84x8mdE_4)
* World Bank/Government of India (2012). "Community-run Centers Improve Nutrition for Women and Children: APRPRP". Innovations in Development 6. World Bank, Washington, DC
Impact evaluation of development projects
* Esther Duflo (2012). “Social Experiments to Fight Poverty” (video) (https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty)
* Ravallion (2011), Blog on Impact Evaluations. http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/node/570
Aid, institutions and development in Fragile States
* Gisselqist, R. (2015), Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States: Findings from Comparative Cases, UNU-WIDER Special Issue.
Impact of international aid: debates
** Glennie, J. and A. Sumner (2014). The $138.5 Billion Question: When Does Foreign Aid Work (and When Doesn't It)? CGD Policy Paper 49. Washington DC: Center for Global Development. http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/CGD-Policy-Paper-49- Glennie-Sumner-When-Does-Foreign-Aid-Work.pdf