This course explores the fundamental theories of the political economy of development. It covers topics such as the role of formal and informal institutions in economic growth and governance, the geography hypothesis, colonial legacies, dependency theory, neo-liberalism, and the Washington Consensus, causality between democracy and development, and resource curse. Empirical evidence is drawn from countries from around the world.
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