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Decks in this class (23)

Ch 2 - Overview of development and basic facts
What is economic developement,
What are some ways of measuring d...,
What does hcr measure
10  cards
Ch 3 - Factor accumulation
Name 2 ways economic growth could...,
What is the solow model,
What are the assumptions in the b...
13  cards
Ch 4 - Endogenous growth and poverty traps
What are endogenous growth theories,
What the assumptions of the ak model,
What are the conclusions of rays ...
7  cards
Ch 5 - Inequality and growth
Economic inequality is composed o...,
What is income inequality,
What is wealth inequality
11  cards
Ch 6 - The role of institutions
What are institutions,
What matters for economic incenti...,
Why do we need institutions
10  cards
Ch 7 - Education
What 3 factors characterize the m...,
Higher parental valuation of chil...,
What are conditional cash transfers
4  cards
CH 8 - Health and nutrition
Investment in _______ is far lowe...,
What are private benefits from in...,
What are private costs of investm...
8  cards
Ch 9 - Land and agriculture
The share of agriculture in gdp a...,
Land is an asset and holding refl...,
You expect higher productivity fr...
11  cards
Ch 10 - Credit
State 2 purposes credit serves,
In a world with perfect capital m...,
Money lenders tend to charger ___...
12  cards
Ch 11 - Insurance
What are 4 instruments households...,
What are the 2 types of insurace,
Consumption is much ____ volatile...
7  cards
Ch 12 - Infrastructure and development
What is infrastructure,
What characteristics of infrastru...,
Name 3 forms of gov intervention ...
4  cards
Ch 13 - Trade policy
What do trade theories explain,
What paved the way for new trade ...,
Name 3 sources of comparative adv...
16  cards
Ch 14 - Environment and development
Name someone impact of adverse en...,
What distinguishes climate change...,
Why is there a difference in the ...
6  cards
Ch 15 - Taxation and development
What are 3 sources the gov could ...,
What is tax evasion,
Although _______ tax rates do not...
11  cards
Ch 16 - International aid
What do aid proponents argue,
What do aid pessimists argue,
Explain the over identification test
4  cards
Lewis Dual Sector model
What are the assumptions in the l...,
In the traditional sector with in...,
What does the eulers theorem state
5  cards
Rural - Urban migration
What is migration,
What are the 2 types of internal ...,
Todaro states that rather than th...
3  cards
Efficiency wage models
0  cards
Famines
What is a famine,
Food entitlement is categorized into,
What is is direct entitlement fai...
4  cards
Child labour
What is child labour,
What are assumptions in the basu ...
2  cards
Labour supply, agricultural household models and contracts
What is a farm household,
What are the 5 types of farm hous...
2  cards
International trade and protectionism
What is partial equilibrium analysis,
What is general equilibrium analysis,
What is protectionsism
3  cards
Farm size and productivity
What are some reasons for the inv...
1  cards

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