Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

The first part of the course introduces the students to the literature on
growth economics since the 1990s. I cover seminal growth papers on the
proximate determinants of growth. Then I cover more recent papers on
the long-run roots of economic development, say, the roles of geography,
the Neolithic transition, institutions, reversals, history of populations and
ancestry on development. The second part introduces the students to top-
ics on African development. I cover the roles of pre-colonial history, state
formation, the slave trade, colonialism, culture, democracy and media on
development.

 Assessment is by a report (30% of the mark), by a take-home exam (50% of
the mark) and by attendance/participation in lectures (10% of the mark).