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62912 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE

Autumn Quarter 2016

Days/Time: Thursdays, 5:30-8:20

Room: E-II

Course site: http://chalk.uchicago.edu

Office: BW-16

Office Hrs: Tuesdays 4:30-5:30, and by appointment

Email: azarychta@uchicago.edu

A. Course Description

The persistence of disparities in social development across countries is one of the major

problems societies struggle to understand and address. This course will critically examine the

major theories of global development along with contemporary debates relating to international

social welfare. Students will assess how political, economic, historical, and environmental

factors influence different nations’ development trajectories, and compare how alternative

models of service delivery and social intervention serve or fail to serve their intended

populations. The geographic focus of the course will be Latin America and Africa, though case

studies may also be drawn from other regions of the world. The course will be useful for both

students who have had previous international experience and students who are interested in

international social work and/or development practice.

B. Course Objectives

Several objectives will guide our course activities, including lectures, discussions, and written

assignments. By the end of the course, it is expected that students will:

Gain exposure and familiarity with the fundamental writings and academic literatures

concerning global economic and political development

Critically analyze and evaluate competing arguments concerning social intervention

across diverse settings and contexts

Apply key ideas and concepts to contemporary debates concerning global development

and international social work practice

Synthesize and distill broad-ranging academic and public policy literatures into discrete

conclusions and recommendations for development policy and/or social work practice

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Develop effective oral and written communication skills necessary to work with different

individuals, groups, and organizations within the international development community

and to serve diverse populations through social work practice in international settings

C. Required Books

There are four required books for the course listed below. The books have been ordered at the

University bookstore for convenience, but you are free to obtain them wherever is easiest and

most affordable. All other required readings will be available on the course website through the

University of Chicago Chalk system. Note that students are expected to have all required

readings available for reference during class sessions (paper or digital copies are acceptable).

1. Sen, Amartya. 1999. Development as Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press.

2. Acemoglu, Daron, and James Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power,

Prosperity, and Poverty. New York: Crown Publishing Group.

3. Gibson, Clark C, Krister Andersson, Elinor Ostrom, and Sujai Shivakumar. 2005. The

Samaritan’s Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid. Oxford, England:

Oxford University Press.

4. Banerjee, Abhijit, and Esther Duflo. 2011. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the

Way to Fight Global Poverty. New York: PublicAffairs.

D. Grading and Written Assignments

Your grade in the course will be based on four assignments and class participation in the

following proportions:

Class participation and attendance: 15%

Short paper and leading discussion (1): 10%

Short paper and leading discussion (2): 10%

Take-home midterm exam: 25%

Take-home final exam: 40%

Class participation and attendance: Students are expected to come to class prepared to

discuss the required readings and to make several contributions each week. Beginning in the

second week, all students will be expected to post at least one discussion question per reading to

the course website by 9 AM on the day of our class session (Thursdays). Our class sessions are

ultimately a collective exercise, and all students benefit when their classmates arrive prepared

and ready to critically engage the readings. It is expected that all students will respect the values

and views expressed by their classmates, while still critiquing them and considering alternative

perspectives. All students should expect that they will be pushed to consider the value basis of

their ideas, the empirical evidence supporting them, and their relevance to policy and social work

practice. It is important that we allow each other to have strong opinions (or not) but also that

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we keep our discussions professional. Participation is critical to learning in this class, and

therefore it will compose 15% of your final grade.

Short papers and leading discussions: Each student will complete two short papers (3-pages

double-spaced each) during the term and will be responsible for leading the group discussion

during the two corresponding class sessions. Students are expected to develop an argument in

these short papers and by doing so synthesize and draw connections among the week’s readings.

These papers provide students the opportunity to explore in detail an issue or idea raised across a

given topic’s readings. Additionally, students should prepare 5-8 discussion questions related to

the required readings and include those on the fourth/final page of their papers. Short papers

must be submitted and received electronically in MSWord format by 9 AM on the Wednesday

prior to class. No late papers will be accepted, barring extenuating circumstances. Then,

students who have submitted papers for the week will be responsible for leading discussion

during the second half of the corresponding class period; when multiple students submit papers

for the same session, they are encouraged to collaborate in planning and leading the discussion.

Students will sign up for their short paper and discussion leading weeks on the first day of class.

Each paper, along with leading the class discussion for that week, is worth 10% of your final

grade.

Midterm and final exams: Students will complete two take-home exams at the midterm and

finals periods of the term. The midterm exam will be distributed in advance and is due between

the 5th and 6th class meetings of the term on Monday, October 31st. The final exam will be

handed out near the end of the quarter and it is due on Thursday, December 8th. Both the

midterm and final exams will give students opportunities to discuss key concepts covered in the

course, apply those ideas in new settings, make connections across readings, critically evaluate

arguments, and write in a clear and professional manner. Students who have concerns about

their writing skills may consider attending the SSA writing seminar. No late submissions will be

accepted for either exam, barring extenuating circumstances. The midterm exam is worth 25%

of your grade and the final exam is worth 40%.

E. Accommodations for Disabilities

Any student with special needs or difficulties in learning and completing course assignments

should see the instructor as soon as possible. Please refer to the Student Manual or the relevant

portion of the University website (http://disabilities.uchicago.edu/accommodation_process) for

student rights and available resources pertaining to assistance and accommodation for special

needs or disabilities.

F. Academic Integrity

It is contrary to academic integrity and to the spirit of intellectual inquiry to submit the

statements or ideas of work of others as one's own. Proper acknowledgment of another's ideas,

whether by direct quotation or paraphrase, is expected. If any written or electronic source is

consulted and material is used from that source, directly or indirectly, the source should be

identified by author, title, and page number, or by website and date accessed. Any questions

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about what constitutes "use" should be addressed to the instructor. Also, please note that

students may not use the same assignment content to fulfill different course requirements.

G. Course Outline

The course will be divided into 10 weekly sessions as follows:

Week 1: Conceptualizing development (September 29th)

Week 2: Geography and natural resources (October 6th)

Week 3: Legacies of colonialism and slavery (October 13th)

Week 4: Culture, identity, and interests (October 20th)

Week 5: States, markets, and development models (October 27th)

Week 6: Globalization and neocolonialism (November 3rd)

Week 7: Foreign aid and humanitarianism (November 10th)

Week 8: Political institutions and governance (November 17th)

Week 9: Thanksgiving – NO CLASS (November 24th)

Week 10: State capacity and contemporary reforms (December 1st)

Below are the assigned readings for the course, as well as optional recommended readings and

optional related materials. Students are responsible for completing all required readings prior to

coming to class on the assigned week. The optional readings and materials are there to serve as a

resource for students particularly interested in a given topic during the course or in the future.

Students are responsible for bringing all required readings to class, either in print or electronic

form. Occasionally the required readings may be modified and students will be notified as to

any changes in the assigned readings at the end of previous week’s class meeting.

“Acemoglu & Robinson” refers to the Acemoglu & Robinson (2012) book, Why Nations Fail:

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

“Sen” refers to the Sen (1999) book, Development as Freedom

“Banerjee & Duflo” refers to the Banerjee & Duflo (2011) book, Poor Economics: A Radical

Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

“Gibson et al.” refers to the Gibson, Andersson, Ostrom, & Shivakumar (2005) book, The

Samaritan’s Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid

*All other required readings can be found on the course website, http://chalk.uchicago.edu.

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Week 1: Conceptualizing development Class meeting on September 29, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Preface and Chapter 1

2. Sen (1999): Introduction, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2

3. United Nations Development Programme. 2015. “Technical Notes for Human

Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development.”

http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2015_technical_notes.pdf

4. Brunner, Ronald D. 2004. “Context-Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation for the World

Bank.” Policy Sciences 37(2): 103–36.

5. Vance, Marion Ritchey. 2009. “Measures to Match the Mission: How the Grassroots

Development Framework Came to Be.” Grassroots Development 30(1): 20–29.

Optional Recommended Readings:

Grindle, Merilee S. 2004. “Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in

Developing Countries.” Governance 17(4): 525–48.

Bray, David Barton. 2009. “What Big Development Thinkers Ignore: 40 Years of

Getting Ahead Collectively.” Grassroots Development 30(1): 2–9.

Ramalingam, Ben, Harry Jones, Toussaint Reba, and John Young. 2008. Exploring the

Science of Complexity: Ideas and Implications for Development and Humanitarian

Efforts. London, England: Overseas Development Institute. Working Paper.

United Nations Development Programme. 2015. “Human Development Report 2015:

Work for Human Development.”

http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2015_human_development_report.pdf [skim tables

on pages 207-269]

Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. 2006. “The Economic Lives of the Poor.” MIT

Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-29.

Nussbaum, Martha C. 2011. Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Optional Related Materials:

“200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes,” BBC Four The Joy of Stats with Hans Rosling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

“Problems with GDP as an Economic Barometer,” Joseph Stiglitz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUaJMNtW6GA

“Median Income as a Better Measure of Development Progress,” CGD Podcast with

Nancy Birdsall and Christian Meyer: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/median-income-better-

measure-development-progress-nancy-birdsall-and-christian-meyer

“Portfolios of the Poor,” Development Drums Episode 18:

http://developmentdrums.org/267

“Complexity and Development,” Development Drums Episode 33:

http://developmentdrums.org/627

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Week 2: Geography and natural resources Class meeting on October 6, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Diamond, Jared. 1997. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. 1st ed. W.

W. Norton & Company. [Prolouge, p. 87, and Afterword]

2. Bloom, David E., and Jeffrey D. Sachs. 1998. “Geography, Demography, and Economic

Growth in Africa.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2): 207–95. [Pages 207-240

and 263-289]

3. Sachs, Jeffrey, and Pia Malaney. 2002. “The Economic and Social Burden of Malaria.”

Nature 415(6872): 680–85.

4. Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Chapter 2, pages 48-56 (The Geography Hypothesis)

5. Ross, Michael L. 2012. The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development

of Nations. Princeton University Press. [Chapters 1 and 4]

Optional Recommended Readings:

Diamond, Jared. 1997. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. 1st ed. W.

W. Norton & Company. [Chapters 1-19]

Sachs, Jeffrey D., and Andrew M. Warner. 2001. “The Curse of Natural Resources.”

European Economic Review 45(4–6): 827–38.

Haber, Stephen, and Victor Menaldo. 2011. “Do Natural Resources Fuel

Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse.” American Political Science

Review 105(01): 1–26.

Andersen, Jørgen J., and Michael L. Ross. 2013. “The Big Oil Change A Closer Look at

the Haber–Menaldo Analysis.” Comparative Political Studies: 0010414013488557.

Dunning, Thad. 2008. Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political

Regimes. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.

Optional Related Materials:

“The magic washing machine,” Ted Talk by Hans Rosling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoKfap4g4w

“Our Economy Depends on Maintaining the Forests,” CGD Podcast:

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/our-economy-depends-maintaining-forests-podcast-brazils-

amazon-champion

“Can Deliberative Democracy Cure the Resource Curse?,” CGD Podcast with Justin

Sandefur: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/can-deliberative-democracy-cure-resource-curse-

podcast-justin-sandefur

“Defying the Resource Curse,” CGD Podcast: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/defying-

resource-curse

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Week 3: Legacies of colonialism and slavery Class meeting on October 13, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Chapter 9

2. Sokoloff, Kenneth L., and Stanley L. Engerman. 2000. “History Lessons: Institutions,

Factors Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World.” The Journal of

Economic Perspectives 14(3): 217–32.

3. Lange, Matthew, James Mahoney, and Matthias vom Hau. 2006. “Colonialism and

Development: A Comparative Analysis of Spanish and British Colonies.” American

Journal of Sociology 111(5): 1412–62.

4. Nunn, Nathan. 2008. “The Long-Term Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades.” The Quarterly

Journal of Economics 123(1): 139–76.

5. Nunn, Nathan, and Diego Puga. 2010. “Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in

Africa.” Review of Economics and Statistics 94(1): 20–36.

Optional Recommended Readings:

Migdal, Joel S. 1988. Strong Societies and Weak States: State-Society Relations and

State Capabilities in the Third World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. [Intro to

Part 2 and Chapters 2-4]

Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. 2001. “The Colonial Origins

of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation.” The American Economic

Review 91(5): 1369–1401.

Nunn, Nathan, and Leonard Wantchekon. 2011. “The Slave Trade and the Origins of

Mistrust in Africa.” American Economic Review 101(7): 3221–52.

Young, Professor Crawford. 1994. The African Colonial State in Comparative

Perspective. Yale University Press.

Optional Related Materials:

Wainaina, Binyavanga. 2006. “How to Write about Africa.” Granta Magazine.

https://granta.com/how-to-write-about-africa/ (September 23, 2016).

“Rewriting Africa,” Binyavanga Wainaina on Talk to Al Jazeera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMODRFS2Pbc

Week 4: Culture, identity, and interests Class meeting on October 20, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Rostow, W. W. 1971. The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto.

Cambridge University Press. [“The Five Stages of Growth – a Summary,” pages 4-16]

2. Learner, Daniel. 1958. The Passing of Traditional Society. Free Press. [“The Grocer and

The Chief: A Parable,” pages 37-49]

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3. Inglehart, Ronald, and Christian Welzel. 2007. Modernization, Cultural Change, and

Democracy: The Human Development Sequence. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press. [Introduction and Chapter 1]

4. Easterly, William, and Ross Levine. 1997. “Africa’s Growth Tragedy: Policies and

Ethnic Divisions.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 112(4): 1203–50.

5. Habyarimana, James, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel N. Posner, and Jeremy M. Weinstein.

2007. “Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?” American

Political Science Review 101(04): 709–25.

6. Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Chapter 2, pages 56-63 (The Culture Hypothesis)

Optional Recommended Readings:

Sen (1999): Introduction, Chapter 10

Weber, Max. 2001. The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. London; New York:

Routledge.

Granato, Jim, Ronald Inglehart, and David Leblang. 1996. “The Effect of Cultural Values

on Economic Development: Theory, Hypotheses, and Some Empirical Tests.” American

Journal of Political Science 40(3): 607–31.

Jackman, Robert W., and Ross A. Miller. 1996. “The Poverty of Political Culture.”

American Journal of Political Science 40(3): 697–716.

Granato, Jim, Ronald Inglehart, and David Leblang. 1996. “Cultural Values, Stable

Democracy, and Economic Development: A Reply.” American Journal of Political

Science 40(3): 680–96.

Posner, Daniel N. 2004. “The Political Salience of Cultural Difference: Why Chewas and

Tumbukas Are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi.” The American Political

Science Review 98(4): 529–45.

Kuran, Timur. 2011. The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle

East. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Optional Related Materials:

“Populism and Nationalism are a Threat to Global Cooperation,” CGB Podcast with

IMF’s Christine Lagarde: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/populism-and-nationalism-are-

threat-global-cooperation-podcast-imf-christine-lagarde

Week 5: States, markets, and development models Class meeting on October 27, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Young, Professor Crawford. 1994. The African Colonial State in Comparative

Perspective. Yale University Press. [Chapter 2]

2. Sen (1999): Chapter 5

3. Gilpin, Robert. 2001. Global Political Economy: Understanding the International

Economic Order. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. [Chapter 12]

4. Williamson, John. 1990. “What Washington Means by Policy Reform.” In Latin

American Adjustment: How Much Has Happened?, chapter 2, ed. John Williamson.

Washington, DC: Institute of International Economics.

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5. Bremmer, Ian. 2009. “State Capitalism Comes of Age: The End of the Free Market?”

Foreign Affairs 88(3): 40–55.

6. Bates, Robert H. 1981. Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of

Agricultural Policies. University of California Press. [Introduction, Chapter 5, and

Chapter 9]

7. Pritchett, Lant, Michael Woolcock, and Matt Andrews. 2013. “Looking Like a State:

Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation.” The Journal of

Development Studies 49(1): 1–18.

Optional Recommended Readings:

Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Chapter 5

Haggard, Stephan. 1990. Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the

Newly Industrializing Countries. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.

Przeworski, Adam. 1991. Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms

in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Soto, Hernando de. 2003. The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West

and Fails Everywhere Else. 1st ed. Basic Books.

Edwards, Sebastian. 2012. Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of

Populism. University Of Chicago Press.

Williamson, Jeffrey G. 2011. Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind. The

MIT Press.

Optional Related Materials:

“How Fair is Fair Trade?,” CGD Podcast with Kimberly Elliot:

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-fair-fair-trade-%E2%80%93-kimberly-elliott

**MIDTERM EXAM DUE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST**

Week 6: Globalization and neocolonialism Class meeting on November 3, 2016

Required Readings:

1. World Bank. 2005. World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development.

Washington, D.C.: The World Bank & Oxford University Press. [“Overview,” pages 1-

17]

2. Sen (1999): Chapter 4

3. Dos Santos, Theotonio. 1970. “The Structure of Dependence.” The American Economic

Review 60(2): 231–36.

4. Valenzuela, J. Samuel, and Arturo Valenzuela. 1978. “Modernization and Dependency:

Alternative Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment.”

Comparative Politics 10(4): 535–57.

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5. Berg, Andrew, and Jonathan Ostry. 2011. “Equality and Efficiency: Is There a Trade-Off

Between the Two or Do They Go Hand in Hand.” Finance and Development 48(3): 12–

16.

6. Stiglitz, Joseph E., and Andrew Charlton. 2006. “Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can

Promote Development.” World Ark Magazine March/April: 9–17.

7. Birdsall, Nancy. 2014. “Thomas Piketty’s Capital and the Developing World.” Ethics &

International Affairs 28(4): 523–38.

Optional Recommended Readings:

Sen (1999): Chapter 3

Frank, Andre Gunder. 1966. “The Development of Underdevelopment.” Monthly Review

18(4): 17–31.

Toye, John, and Richard Toye. 2003. “The Origins and Interpretation of the Prebisch-

Singer Thesis.” History of Political Economy 35(3): 437–67.

Williamson, Jeffrey G. 2011. Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind. The

MIT Press.

William, Easterly. 2007. “Inequality Does Cause Underdevelopment: Insights from a

New Instrument.” Journal of Development Economics 84(2): 755–76.

Deaton, Angus. 2015. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.

Princeton University Press.

Piketty, Thomas. 2015. The Economics of Inequality. Cambridge, Massachusetts;

London, England: Belknap Press.

Optional Related Materials:

“From Poverty to Power,” Development Drums Episode 37:

http://developmentdrums.org/756

“CDI 2015: How Do Rich Countries’ Policies Affect Development?,” CGD Podcast:

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/cdi-2015-how-do-rich-countries-policies-affect-development-

podcast-owen-barder

“Reducing Inequality Does Not Equal Reducing Poverty,” CGD Podcast with Nora

Lustig: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/reducing-inequality-does-not-equal-reducing-

poverty-podcast-nora-lustig

“Whether and How to Measure Inequality Post-2015,” CGD Podcast with Alex Cobham:

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/whether-and-how-measure-inequality-post-2015

Week 7: Foreign aid and humanitarianism Class meeting on November 10, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Sachs, Jeffrey. 2006. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. Penguin

Books. [Chapters 13 and 14]

2. Easterly, William. 2007. The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest

Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. First Edition. Penguin Books. [Chapter 1]

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3. Burnside, Craig, and David Dollar. 2000. “Aid, Policies, and Growth.” American

Economic Review 90(4): 847–68.

4. Gibson et al. (2005): Chapters 1, 7, 9-11

5. Banerjee & Duflo (2005): Chapter 1

Optional Recommended Readings:

Radelet, Steven. 2006. A Primer on Foreign Aid. Washington, DC: Center for Global

Development. Working Paper Number 92.

Easterly, William R. 2002. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and

Misadventures in the Tropics. The MIT Press.

Przeworski, Adam, and James Raymond Vreeland. 2000. “The Effect of IMF Programs

on Economic Growth.” Journal of Development Economics 62(2): 385–421.

Van de Walle, Nicolas. 2001. African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis,

1979-1999. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. [Chapter 5]

Optional Related Materials:

“Rewriting Africa,” Binyavanga Wainaina on Talk to Al Jazeera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMODRFS2Pbc

“The Great Escape (Angus Deaton),” Development Drums Episode 41:

http://developmentdrums.org/824

“Mind, Society and Behavior,” Development Drums Episode 45:

http://developmentdrums.org/904

“Beyond Planning,” Development Drums Episode 19: http://developmentdrums.org/278

Week 8: Political institutions and governance Class meeting on November 17, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Chapters 3, 11-12, and 15

2. Sen (1999): Chapter 6

3. Banerjee & Duflo (2005): Chapter 10 and Conclusion

4. Olson, Mancur. 1993. “Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development.” The American

Political Science Review 87(3): 567–76.

5. Lake, David A., and Matthew A. Baum. 2001. “The Invisible Hand of Democracy:

Political Control and the Provision of Public Services.” Comparative Political Studies

34(6): 587–621.

6. Ross, Michael. 2006. “Is Democracy Good for the Poor?” American Journal of Political

Science 50(4): 860–74.

Optional Recommended Readings:

Bates, Robert H. 2009. Prosperity & Violence: The Political Economy of Development,

Second Edition. W. W. Norton & Company.

Baum, Matthew A., and David A. Lake. 2003. “The Political Economy of Growth:

Democracy and Human Capital.” American Journal of Political Science 47(2): 333–47.

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Stasavage, David. 2005. “Democracy and Education Spending in Africa.” American

Journal of Political Science 49(2): 343–58.

Brown, David S., and Wendy Hunter. 1999. “Democracy and Social Spending in Latin

America, 1980-92.” The American Political Science Review 93(4): 779–90.

Grindle, Merilee S. 2009. Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the

Promise of Good Governance. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Faguet, Jean-Paul. 2012. Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance from

Below in Bolivia. University of Michigan Press.

Van de Walle, Nicolas. 2001. African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis,

1979-1999. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. [Chapter 6]

Slater, Dan. 2008. “Can Leviathan Be Democratic? Competitive Elections, Robust Mass

Politics, and State Infrastructural Power.” Studies in Comparative International

Development 43(3-4): 252–72.

Optional Related Materials:

“Why Nations Fail,” Development Drums Episode 40:

http://developmentdrums.org/795

“Accountability and Openness,” Development Drums Episode 36:

http://developmentdrums.org/744

Week 9: Thanksgiving NO CLASS meeting on November 24, 2016

Week 10: State capacity and contemporary reforms Class meeting on December 1, 2016

Required Readings:

1. Migdal, Joel S. 2001. State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and

Constitute One Another. New York: Cambridge University Press. [Chapter 1]

2. Keefer, Philip, and Stuti Khemani. 2005. “Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the

Poor: Understanding Political Incentives for Providing Public Services.” The World Bank

Research Observer 20(1): 1–27.

3. Easterly, William. 2007. The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest

Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. First Edition. Penguin Books. [Chapter 5]

4. Ferguson, James. 1994. “The Anti-Politics Machine: ‘Development’ and Bureaucratic

Power in Lesotho.” The Ecologist 24(5): 176–81.

5. Andrews, Matt. 2013. The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development: Changing

Rules for Realistic Solutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Chapters 1 and

10]

6. Banerjee & Duflo (2005): Chapters 6-9

Optional Recommended Readings:

Sen (1999): Chapter 8 and 11

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Acemoglu & Robison (2012): Chapter 14

Grindle, Merilee S. 2007. “Good Enough Governance Revisited.” Development Policy

Review 25(5): 533–74.

Geddes, Barbara. 1994. Politician’s Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America.

University of California Press. [Chapters 1 and 2]

Mares, Isabela. 2005. “Social Protection Around the World: External Insecurity, State

Capacity, and Domestic Political Cleavages.” Comparative Political Studies 38(6): 623–

51.

Bussell, Jennifer L. 2010. “Why Get Technical? Corruption and the Politics of Public

Service Reform in the Indian States.” Comparative Political Studies 43(10): 1230–57.

Faguet, Jean-Paul. 2012. Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance from

Below in Bolivia. University of Michigan Press.

Grindle, Merilee S. 2000. Audacious Reforms: Institutional Invention and Democracy in

Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Kenny, Charles. 2012. Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And

How We Can Improve the World Even More. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Optional Related Materials:

“Social experiments to fight poverty,” Ted Talk by Esther Duflo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvrGiPkVcs

“David Roodman on Microfinance,” Development Drums Episode 31:

http://developmentdrums.org/561

“Corruption,” Development Drums Episode 20: http://developmentdrums.org/284

“Millions Saved: What Works in Global Health?,” CGD Podcast with Amanda

Glassman: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/millions-saved-what-works-global-health-

podcast-amanda-glassman

“Transforming Humanitarian Aid with Cash Transfers,” CGD Podcast with Degan Ali

and Owen Barder: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/transforming-humanitarian-aid-cash-

transfers-podcast

“Why Kids are Dropping Out of School and What Works in Education,” CGD Podcast

with Karthik Muralidharan: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/why-kids-are-dropping-out-

school-and-what-works-education-podcast-karthik-muralidharan

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