Course # 37040 Section Number 1 Day(s) M- W- F Time(s) 9:00am-10:20am Term Winter 2025 Specialization International Policy Course Instructor Miguel Santos Syllabus Syllabus 12/9/24 This is a capstone course that enables students to deploy a variety of analytical tools to process and interpret available data and formulate a coherent diagnostic that can make sense of simultaneous observations about growth and social outcomes within a particular context. It covers the theory and practice of the Economic Complexity and Growth Diagnostics frameworks, drawing on empirical research, case studies, and real world-data to map opportunities for productive diversification, identify the most binding constraints preventing them from materializing, and formulating data-driven productive development policies (PDPs) to overcome them. Notes This course will hold lectures three times per week on M/W/F for the month of January. Beginning in February some meetings will become TA-led discussion sessions and weekly meetings will be reduced. (Please see syllabus for additional course meeting details.) Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Winter 2025 Economic Growth and Development: Theory and Policy Miguel Santos Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00am-10:20am Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Lindsay Hiser, MPP’23 Thu., May 08, 2025 Alumni Profile: Ricardo Sande, MPP’23 Tue., May 06, 2025 New Research Shows 60% of Historic Homelessness Increase Prompted by Immigration Policy Tue., May 06, 2025 Upcoming Events More events DPSS Capstone Deepdive and TA Roundtable (in Chinese) Mon., May 12, 2025 | 7:00 AM Data and Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) Mini Class with Sheng-Hao Lo Tue., May 13, 2025 | 7:00 AM Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Tue., May 13, 2025 | 4:30 PM
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