Development Economics

4.1 & 4.2 Intro to Econ Development

http://www.economist.com/node/21543537

China needs to change its economic model now that it is becoming developed

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2011/09/Milanovic.htm

article on income inequality and development

Brain Drain in Kerala

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16140058

Joseph Stiglitz interview about his book on development

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-price-of-inequality-interview-with-joseph-e-stiglitz-20120625

How cotton subsidies in the west are reducing africa’s ability to compete

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/15/cotton-subsidies-west-africa

Article on the most polluted cities

http://science.time.com/2011/09/27/the-10-most-air-polluted-cities-in-the-world/

This is neat. Slide show of industrial pollution. Beautiful pictures.

http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/20/terribly-beautiful-industrial-pollution-seen-from-above/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#3

Very short article on people remitting money to their home country and driving development. Might be good if I could find a longer article.

http://www.economist.com/node/10012382?story_id=10012382

http://web.mit.edu/j-pal/www/book/video.html

long speech on aid and if it helps

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/world/asia/wary-of-future-many-professionals-leave-china.html?pagewanted=2&ref=general&src=me

affluent Chinese leave china in a brain drain

4.3 & 4.4 Domestic and International factors in Econ Development

4.5, 4.6, & 4.7 Foreign Investment, Aid, Trade, Debt

Microfinance

Fairtrade

Fair trade

Stossel in the classroom, foreign aid

FDI in Britain

lowering barriers

Infrastructure, pros/cons of foreign investment

Phanton aid/ tied aid

Bilateral aid

multilateral aid

foreign investment

4.8 The Balance Between Markets and Intervention