Reccomended or required readings
The bibliography may be subject to changes at the beginning of the course.
Starred references are compulsory for all. Double-starred references are obligatory, additional reading for students who have not attended the course.
1) Introduction to Development Economics
*Krishna Dutt, A. (2014), Pathways to Economic Development, chapters: 2, 3, 4. Oxford University Press.
2) What is development or underdevelopment?
* Berkeley H. and O. Lewat (2012). Land Rush (video) [1]
*Platteau, J.-P. (2011), Institutional obstacles to African economic development: state ethnicity, and custom (section 4), pp. 679-681
*Sachs (2003), Institutions Matter but not for everything, Finance and Development, pp. 38-41
*Trebilcock, M. and Mota Prado, M. (2011), What Makes Poor Countries Poor?, pp. 1-40
3) Institutions and development
*Engerman, S. and Sokoloff, K., (2002), Factor Endowments, Inequality, and Paths of Development among New World Economies, Economia 3.1, pp. 1-55.
*Pritchett, L. (2012), Folk and the Formula, UNU-WIDER Annual Lecture 16 (video) [2]
*Shirley, M. (2008), Institutions and Development, pp. 23-32
**Shirley, M. (2008), Institutions and Development, pp. 1-44 [3]
4) State Fragility and International Cooperation
*Gisselqist, R. (2015), Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States: What Do We Know? What Can Comparative Analysis Add?, Annals, AAPSS, 656, pp. 6-21.
*Rotberg, R. (2003), “Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators”, State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror. p. 1-10
**one optional paper selected from the folder Fragile States available on KIRO
5) National Policies and Action Research (selected cases)
*Abdelnour, S. and Krämer, A. (2011), Forging Through Adversity: The Blacksmiths of North Darfur and Practical Action, UNDP [4]
*von Jacobi, N. (2015), Collective Love: a scientific documentary on social policies and inequalities in Brazil, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (video) [5]
Sauper, H. (2004), Darwin's Nightmare (video) - public viewing during the semester.
6) Changing Practices: social innovation and new frontiers for international cooperation
*Barder, O. (2012), Development and Complexity, Center for Global Development, section 5 (video) [6]
**Barder, O. (2012), Development and Complexity, Center for Global Development all sections (video) [7]
*EC (2004). Aid Delivery Methods: Project Cycle Management Guidelines (ch. 1-4) [8]
**Ferrero, G. and Zepeda, C. (2014), 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
**von Jacobi, N., Nicholls, A. and Chiappero-Martinetti (2017), Theorizing Social Innovation to Tackle Marginalization, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Vol. 8(3): 265-270.
**WB (2008), The Growth Report – Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development, Open Knowledge Repository, pp. 17-31 [9]
LINKS:
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_pKnP-2mOQ
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eItoIlv1lvo
[3] http://www.coase.org/w-shirley2003institutionsanddevelopment.pdf
[4] http://www.growinginclusivemarkets.org/media/cases/Sudan_Blacksmiths_2011.pdf
[5] http://fondazionefeltrinelli.it/research/progetti-speciali/laboratorio-expo/diari-di-ricerca/la-promessa-di-bolsa-familia/ [Italian subtitles] http://nadiavonjacobi.com/collectivelove/ [English subtitles]
[6] http://www.cgdev.org/doc/CGDPresentations/complexity/player.html
[7] http://www.cgdev.org/doc/CGDPresentations/complexity/player.html
[8] https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/methodology-aid-delivery-methods-project-cycle-management-200403_en_2.pdf
[9] https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/6507/449860PUB0Box3101OFFICIAL0USE0ONLY1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y