Political Economy
Week 4 Tutorial 2
News Report
Growth
Q&A
- Three (competing) determinants of development:
- Geography
- Integration
- Institutions
- Functions of institutions:
- market creation
- market regulation
- market stabilisation
- IMF and World Bank conditionality rules
Q&A
Q&A
- Critical approach to development economics
- Reverse causality: development -> institutions
- Role of free-market and property rights
Break
Peer-review
- In small groups
- An article assigned
- Summarise (the research design)
- Criticise and praise
- Offer solutions