How bad is Malaria?

Worse than you might think

http://www.rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/330/415680a_r.pdf

Something Different

This week we had several assigned readings - including chapters 11 and 15 from the text and chapter 5 from Sen and lastly, the Paper by Eichengreen on interest rates and capital flows.  I will go through the Eichengreen paper in detail when we meet on Thursday, so for this blog assignment I would like you to comment on the interdependent roles of the state and markets in promoting development. 

You may discuss anything from fiscal policy to rules of law to financial institutions - go for it....

Half the Sky premieres Monday on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/

Growth Strategies

http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/110117/growth.pdf

The Fall and Rise of Development Economics

Next Thursday - Paul Krugman at his best.

http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/dishpan.html

Welcome to Econ 280

Here is the first article we will discuss on Thursday the 13th.

The Economic Lives of the Poor

WAKA WAKA

This one's for Africa.