Be prepared to discuss the question of the day. Read at least one of the studies linked on this page and and be prepared to tell the class how it relates to the question of the day.
Videos 1-3 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 5, but not required (optional).
Readings 1 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 5, but not required (optional).
Question of the Day: What strategies and institutions do the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa use to gain access to birth control and HIV/AIDS treatments?
Discussion with Hopkins
Work on social enterprise project with Smith
Poor Economics Website
Data set: This 18-country data set may give you evidence to support your ideas.
Studies: These studies may help you prepare too.
Videos
Readings
Sen, Amartya. "More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing." The New York Review of Books 37, no. 20 (1990).
This blog post discusses the role that demography should play in guiding policy in the developing world.
This downloadable book discusses the same topic in more depth.