Research Program in Development Studies

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars meet on Wednesday from 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. in 300 Wallace Hall.

February 21, 2007 – Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Professor of Economics, Princeton University
(joint with Jean Drèze)

"Indian food puzzles: growth, poverty & (mal)nutrition"

February 28 , 2007 – David Weil, Professor of Economics, Brown University
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

April 11, 2007 – David Lam, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

April 18, 2007 –Anne Case , Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department, Princeton University
(joint with Cally Ardington, University of Cape Town)

April 25, 2007 –Norbert Schady, Senior Economist at the Development Research Group at the World Bank
Jed Friedman, Economist at the Development Research Group at the World Bank
(joint with Sarah Baird)
Co-sponsored with Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHW)

"Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World"