ECON 3473W Economic Development | Policy Making in Action

Need a W course?  Want to focus your writing on economic development to inform policy for underdeveloped countries? You want to learn how to design surveys, design interventions to inform policy makers (bureaucrats, police, politicians, etc.) Then this course is for you!  This course will focus on the problems facing developing nations which will include topics such as psychology of poverty, education, randomized control trials (RCTs), impact evaluation, and many more! 

 

Course Information

• Professor:  Dr. Nishith Prakash 
• Contact:  nishith.prakash@uconn.edu
• Course Dates & Syllabus: 
  • 05/10/21 - 06/07/21 – Click here to view the syllabus 
  • 06/01/21 – 07/02/21 – Click here to view the syllabus

Professor Prakash helped nany students who took this course to get into top-ranked master’s program by writing letter of recommendations, editing their statement of purpose, and resumes. 

For more information, contact: Nishith Prakash at nishith.prakash@uconn.edu