Econ
3240: World Poverty & Economic Development – Spring 2011
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Required texts: (each about $10 in paperback or ebook, maximum**)
Africa:
Collier, Paul (2007) The
Bottom Billion (
Collier, Paul (2010) The plundered planet, Oxford University Press-- 199752893
Sachs,
Jeffrey (2005) The
End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities (Penguin Press,
NY) 0143036580
Sachs, Jeffrey (2009) Common Wealth:
Dambasi Moyo
(2009) Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way
for Africa Farrar,
Straus
and Giroux, New York (wait for paperback
edition available March 2, 2010)
** you
can get by with one sachs book and one collier for a
total of $25 to $30, even if you buy all
five all of these books, the total is
just about $60 for all five (especially if you get the Common Wealth
book at Barnes and Noble, $3.99.
And perhaps one of these books depending
on your region of interest:
China: Chang, Leslie (2009)
Factory Girls Spiegel & Grau, NY, paperback 0385520182
India: Sen,
Amartya, (2002) Development
and Freedom (Anchor paper – 0385720270)
Banerjee, Agit et. al. (2006) Understanding
Poverty, (UP)
Free ebook (Kindle?): Bottom of the pyramid
Books with some
required reading:
World Bank (2010) Global
Monitoring Report, World Bank and IMF, Washington D.C.
Banerjee, Agit et. al.
(2006) Understanding
Poverty, (UP)
Recommended scholarly view of global poverty causes and consequences.
Blank, Rebecca and W. McGurn (2004) Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion,
Economics,
and Justice, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Moser, Carol (2007) Reducing
Global Poverty: Asset Based Approaches (introduction)
World Bank,
World Development Report 2001 Attacking Poverty (WDR00)
United Nations (2005) Investing in Development:
A Practical Plan to Achieve the
Millennium Development Goals
(available online)
World
Bank, (2005) Pro-poor Growth in
the 1990s: Lessons from 14 Countries (online)
World
Bank (2006) Delivering
on the promise of pro-poor growth (available online)
Part I Videos: (you can download and play
these with Quicktime or WMP or ask for a DVD copy).
PBS New York video: NY Episode 4 Intro (2 mins) NY immigration (10 mins)
World Bank Hear our
Voices: Introduction
and Munee Brickyard youtube
version
Friedman,
T. “The other side of
Outsourcing (youtube)
Part 1 (12 mins) Part 2 (8 minutes) Part 3 (11 minutes) Part 4 (10 mins)
Commanding
Heights I Chapter 1 (the film—not the book) Preview
Other background, reference and case study sources
(click here to go to list)
1. Understanding
poverty: rich and poor nations
1.1 High Unemployment and Poverty in the United
States during 2008-09 recession
U.S.
Bureau of Census
September 2010, Poverty in 2008 and 2008, ACS brief
Washington Post,
September 2010, About 44 million in U.S. lived below poverty line in
2009
1.2 Geography, globalization or institutions? Why are some nations poor and others rich?
Sachs (2005) *Chapter 1 *Acemoglu, Daron (2003) *Root Causes:
assessing the role of
Institutions
in economic development, Finance and
Development, See also *Sachs and
*Rodrik articles on
globalization, geography and institutions in the same issue of
F&D.
Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson and
James Robinson (2006) “Understanding Prosperity
and Poverty: Geography,
Institutions and the Reversal of Fortune” (UP Chapter 2).
a longer version of this paper…
Engerman, Stanley and K. L. Sokoloff
(2006) “Colonialism, Inequality and Long-run Development”
Jared
Diamond (1998) Guns,
Germs and Steel a quick summary of the main arguments Wikipedia entry.
1.3
Ethical Perspectives on poverty and inequality
Rebecca Blank and William McGurn (2005) Is the market moral?Executive
Summary
Pew Forum Dialogue Series on Religion
and Public Life
Mary
Jo Bane (2007) A
Catholic Policy Analyst looks at Poverty” Brookings Institute Press.
Sen, A. (2006) Development as Freedom
Chapter 12: Individual Freedom as Social Commitment
NCCB/USCC (1986) Bishop’s Pastoral
Letter, “Chapter
IIIB Poverty” pp 86-105,
2. Poverty
in a global economy: policy levers for poverty reduction…
Lecture Notes: Introduction
slides Globalization
slides *2005 Poverty by
Region
Johnson, et al. (2006)
Levers for Growth
Key
Issue: Poverty traps and the role of Aid vs Trade:
Sachs (2005) *Chapt
2 larger searchable files Chapt1L
Chapt2L
Collier (2007) *Chapter 1 *Chapter 2 *Chapter 8 The year of the Rat
Niall Ferguson’s review of Collier Bill Easterly review of Collier
Key Issue: Achieving the Millenium
Development Goals by 2015:
What are the MDGs? GMR 2011 Overview & Chapt 1
“Stocktaking”
GMR 2007 Fact Sheet (China in Africa)
WB GGP Overview
WB GMR 2006 Exec Summary and pp. 1-25 GGP pp. 1-12 & Chapter 1 pp. 24-34
Case Study 2.1:
Ending Poverty village by village
Indonesia Case Study Part I: A Village in Java”
Globalization lecture
Case Study 2.3: Poverty and Terrorism: is there a connection?
Commanding Heights I Chapter 1 ;Krueger, A. & J. Maleckova Education, Poverty & Terrorism
JEP, 17:4, Fall 2003, p.*119–24,*141-42. *Friedman A Brief Theory of Everything,
WB GGP Box 4.1 Globalization & Terrorism GGP Chapt 4 p.121-27
Friedman War of Ideas Part 6 Who wants to be a Martyr?
3. Measuring
Poverty and Inequality: (acronyms) Discussion Question Set 2
*Lecture Notes A Latin Lorenz Curve Problem Set #1 Problem Set #2
A History of Poverty & Welfare *WB WDR 2001 Box 2.1 Income Poverty in 1899 vs. 1999
U.S Census Data Poverty Page Steps to Measure Poverty
Choose a: standard of living measure Poverty Line Poverty Indicator
Latest Poverty
rates: *2002 Poverty Rates by Region 2005 WDR Poverty rates by Country
Chen and Ravallion (2004) How have the poorest fared since
the early 1980s? (World Bank)
Case Study 3.1:
Are Nike workers poor?
*Indonesia Poverty Case Study Part II *$PPP What will $1 buy? Discussion Question Set 2
Case Study 3.2:
Is poverty relative or absolute or both?
Sen, A. (2002) *Chapter 3, esp. 70-76 and *Chapter 4. Sen
(1983) “Poor, Relatively Speaking”
Bourguignon, François *Poverty, Relative Deprivation & Social Exclusion,
*pdf version
Case Study 3.3:
Poverty, inequality and American Values:
U.S.
Poverty Rises in 2003 U.S.
Census Poverty site U.S.
Poverty & Election Maps
*Alesina et. al.
(2001) Inequality & Happiness pp. 1-6 pp.18-24 Append 1: definitions
Case Study 3.4:
Is World inequality rising or falling?
*Lecture: Global Inequality *6/slides page *Dollar & Kraay (2002) Spreading the Wealth;
*Economist, 2004 “More or Less Equal?” Deaton, A. “Is World Poverty Falling?”
Sali-i-Martin Slides (big file) Sala-i-Martin(2002)
“Disturbing” Rise in World Inequality.pp.1-15
R. Wade Hunter (2001) Rising Inequality of World Income Distribution
Dollar,
D. (2001) Globalization, Inequality and Poverty,
World Bank GGP background paper.
4. Poverty,
Population and Families
Further reading: WDR (1984) "Pop. &
Development," Chs 4,5;
Case
Study 4.1 Sweatshop Case Study
*Lii, Jane A Week in a Sweatshop Reveals...” NYT 3-12-95;
*Kristof in Niger
Nicholas Kristof on
*Naila Kabeer Chapter 11 “Weak Winners Powerful Losers” pp. 366-87
Oxfam’s
Watkins vs. WB’s Dollar & Kraay ABC 20/20 video ABC 20/20 Don’t Sweat (text)
Honduras EPZ -- Sean John Sweatshop Episode
The WTO, the MFA and LDCs
Further
*WSJ Nov. 8, 2004 “Chinese Dream: At 18, Min Finds Path to Success”
text only photos only
*WSJ June 8, 2005 Min’s Return: A Migrant Worker Sees Rural Home In a New
Light
*NYT China Labor shortage may lead to Trade Shift 4-2006
Further
Case Study 4.3:
Poverty and Social Exclusion in India and Bangladesh:
*India Case Study pdf version Sen, A. (2002) Chapt 4A Chapt 4B and Chapter 8 Sachs(2005)
Chapter 9
*WDR-01 Box 4.3 & 4.6 India Case Study plus Video Questions
*Rina the Rock Breaker
Tom Friedman “Other side of Outsourcing” *Part 1 (12 mins)
*Part 4 (10 mins)
PBS Newshour
School stipends for Bangladeshi girls
w/nice music
Case
Study 4.4 Child labor case study: *Child Labor I Notes, 6 per page BBC Child Labor Appeal
Child Labor lecture notes Part 2 (smaller file) *Miserable Child Labor in Zambia NYT 8-2006
UNICEF web
site *Girl’s Education *Child Labor: Four Myths *Ending Child Labor
UNICEF
SOWC 1997 (full report) *Chapt2A *Chapt2B *BGMEA *Domestics Girls IPEC Laws
*UNICEF Bangladesh Hard to Reach School for Working children
Panel 10: Non-formal Education
*ILO (2006) Bangladesh Garment Project Myth and Realty
ILO Indonesia Domestic Child Labor
ILO (2006) End of Child Labor: within reach (full report)
*part I part II *Press Release
ILO (2002) Every
Child Counts pp. 1-9, pp. 9-22, pp. 23-55
*World Bank Bangladesh School Girl Power
School stipends for Bangladeshi girls w/nice music
Further reading: World Bank (1998) Child Labor: Issues and Directions, World Bank: Child Labor
Gootaert, C. & R. Kanbur
(1994) “Child Labor: A Review”
see
pages 19-33.
Basu (1999) “Child Labor: Cause, Consequence, Cure” JEL 1083-95 & 1114-19
Case study 4.5: Conditional Cash
Transfers: solution to the child labor problem?
*World Bank Conditional Cash Transfers *Brazil-Bolsa-Escola.pdf;
*Rawlings
(2004) Conditional Cash Transfers LaAm’s experience, pps 1-6
*Mexico’s Progresa Program
Progresa II *Mexico’s Oportunidades
Program SEDESOL mx
Rogers and Coates (2002) Food Based Safety-Net Programs
5. Malnutrition and Famine (return to topics) *Lecture Notes
Can we eradicate hunger? WIDER policy Brief, 2008.
*Food
to school & Child Labor UNICEF (1996) *ORS:Advance of the Century”
UNICEF (1998) *Silent Emergency *Approaches that Work, *Stunting *Brazil’s Child Pastorate
pages 1-5. handy BMI calculator Sen (2004) Development as
Freedom Chapters 7 and 9
WDR
2001 Box *8.9 (workfare) Targeting *Sri Lanka: Food subsidies to Food Stamps to FFW
WDR 1990, *WDR Box 8-7 Food Aid, Targeting the Poor Box 6.7 *Sri Lanka Food stamps vs. ration shops
Brazil Bolsa Escola; UNICEF (1996) *Community-based health care: Indonesia
sets the pace
Tamil Nadu “Food as Medicine” programs
Case Study 5.1: Famine Famine lecture notes *Drought Relief in Africa (WDR 1990 boxes 6.3 and 6.5)
Nasar, Sylvia (1987) *Assault on Malthus” US News
& World Report.
Ravallion, M (1997) “Famines and Economics”, JEL, Sept. 1205-15 & 1226-38
Sebastião Salgado Photo Essay: Famine in the Sahel, 1984 (Ethiopia’s 1984
famine).
Further
Sen and Dreze (1989) Hunger
and Public Action, (OUP) Chapters 1,3,5.
Sen, A. (1981) Poverty and Famines, Chapters 1,4 and 6-10.
Robert W Fogel "Second Thoughts on Europe’s
Escape from Hunger" NBER History Wp#1
Derose et. al
Chapters 1-5, Mellor and Gavian,
"Famines" Science, Dec.1987
Case study 5.2
Malnutrition in Niger
Understanding the Causes of Malnutrition in Niger (US AID)
6. Access to assets and pro-poor growth strategies: Sachs Chapter 3, 12, 16 Collier Part 4
Poverty & Growth slides: 6 slides per page WB Pro-Poor Growth in the 1990s lessons from 14 ctys
*WDR-01 Box 4.3 & 4.6 *Vietnam *Romero on Brazil WB GGP Chapt 2 pp. 55-65 Lions 3, Tigers 1
Further reading: Adelman(1986) Poverty-Focused Development Policy Kristof in Niger
WDR 2001, Attacking Poverty Chapters 2-4
Sen, A. (2002) Chapter 1 & 6,7-9
Case Study 6.1 Trade vs. Aid I:
WTO-ATC quotas end on Jan 1, 2005 (but not tariffs):
Edward Gresser, PPI 2002,Tariffs and Single Moms pp.*1-3 (full PPI report)
Dustin Smith Tariffs on Shoes… GEP02 pp. *37-42 & 51-52 *Tariff Jumping Sweatshops
*The January 2005 End of MFA Quotas
GEP 2002 Table 1.2 Apparel Exports and Poverty
Gresser U.S. Imports of Baby Clothes 2001-2003
Case
Study 6.2 : Upgrading Urban slums (
Hernando De Soto Ch*1 Ch*2 Ch*3 India:Computerized Land Records w/nice music
Bombay Dreams DR 2003: Box 6.5 CRRU Brazilian Favellas DFID Slumdwellers Factsheet
UNHABITAT MDG Target 11: Urban Slums Emergency Land Reform in Bangladesh
Case Study 6.3:
The Resource Curse: anti-poor growth in resource-rich countries
Oxfam (Ross) Chapter 3: Explaining link between Oil and
Poverty pages 12-18 only
Catholic Relief Services Report: African Oil: The Bottom of
the Barrel EITI Website
Executive Summary Photos Maps Tables Global Witness on Oil
Christian-aid Fuelling Poverty (see especially the “Oil
Curse” chapter
Summary Joseph Fiennes in Angola (videos)
Rangaswami (2006) Nickel and diming the Poor
Winners and losers in the Doha Round: Carnegie Foundation
Report b&w version (smaller file)
NYT Harvesting Poverty series: *Burkina Faso-cotton *Oxfam Cotton Dumping
BBC on the August
2004 *WTO Breakthrough Agreement (summary, Q&A)
Cotton in Mali Economist on the WTO Cotton Ruling Cancun Charm
Further
Case Study 6.5:
Successful recovery from conflict: Uganda and Mozambique
WDR 2001 Box *8.9 (food for work) Targeting *Sri Lanka: Food subsidies to Food Stamps to FFW
WDR
1990, *Food Aid Box 8.7, *Targeting the Poor Box 6.7 *Food Subsidies and Transfers
Brazil Bolsa Escola;
UNICEF (1996) *Community-based health care: Indonesia
sets the pace
World
Bank,*Safety Nets: In-Kind Transfers, Subbarao, K. Protecting the Poor p.1-17
Case Study 7.1: Conditional Cash
Transfers
Rawlings
(2004) Conditional Cash Transfers LaAm’s experience, page 1-6 only
WDR 86&90 Food for Work (Maharashta EGS)
Mexico’s Oportunidades Program
SEDESOL mx
Mexico’s Progresa Program Progresa II
Rogers and Coates (2002) Food Based Safety-Net Programs
Case Study 7.2:
Micro-finance:
Micro loan founder Yunus awarded Nobel Peace Prize
CRS Village Banking in Niger CRS Microfinance Program Overview
Yemen Microfinance for Small Business
Micro-credit video clip
Case study 7.3:
Natural Disasters and Crises: safety nets for the poor
U.S Census Data Poverty Page World Development Report 2001: Attacking Poverty
Chapter 9 pp. 270-76 Nora Lustig Socially Responsible Macroeconomics
Case study 7.4: Early Childhood
Intervention
Early Childhood Intervention WB site
8. The
Foreign Aid Debate: Achieving the Millennium Development
Goals
Sachs chapter 14,15, 17 and 18
Kristof Review of Easterly BBC Foreign Aid UN Millennium Summit BBC MDGs BBC UN 2015
Case Study 8.1: Africa-
HIV-Aids-Malaria: Sachs Chapter 10
PMTCT (preventing mother to child transmission)
Jacques van der Gaag Perspective Paper 2.2 from Lomborg, B. (2004) Global Crises, Global
Solutions: Comment on Communicable Diseases (Chapt 2 Anne Mills and Sam Shillcutt
HIV-AIDs
Uganda HIV/AIDs Case Study (
Economist 2004 Love and Death The Global Fund to combat Aids & Malaria
Recommended
(some required reading):
World Bank (2006) Global Poverty Monitoring Report
World Bank (2002) Globalization, Growth and Poverty (cited as GGP) (paper, 082135048X)
World Bank-Oxford University Press (available online and in the bookstore)
and fails everywhere else (Basic Books,
Jencks,
Christopher (1994) The
Homeless,
David Ellwood, et. al, (1989) Poor Support, Basic Books – selected chapters on ERes.
Oxfam (2004) Make Trade Fair:Textiles Briefing Stitched-Up (www.maketradefair.com)
World Bank, WDR 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone
Oxfam (1997) Growth with Equity, An Agenda for Poverty Reduction (CD)
Kabeer, Naila (2000) The Power to Choose (Verso, New York).
