Development Links
(work in progress... always...)
For students--or anyone!--interested in low-income country issues, here are some suggested readings and resources.
Note: Inclusion in this list does not imply that I share the same views. And exclusion of something does not imply I don't like it. There are many great resources I don't know about or may have unintentionally forgotten. Please feel free to email me with suggestions!
Books
Development as Freedom, Amartya Sen
Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
The Great Escape, Angus Deaton
Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, Eldar Shafir and Sendhil Mullainathan
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good, William Easterly
The Development Economics Reader, Giorgio Secondi
Overseas Research: A Practical Guide, Christopher B. Barrett, Jeffrey Cason, Erin C. Lentz
Textbook (undergrad level): Economic Development, Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith
Textbook (undergrad level): Essentials of Development Economics, J. Edward Taylor with Travis J. Lybbert
Textbook (grad, advanced undergrad level): Development Economics, Debraj Ray
Blogs and Sites
Chris Blattmann, development economist at U Chicago. Blog posts plus a great compilation of dev-related resources.
Africa Is A Country
NYU Development Research Institute
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Development Group
Stuff at Harvard (and nearby)
There are so many centers, programs, initiatives at Harvard that work on development-related issues! I can't find a comprehensive list for the University, but here are various lists from the Kennedy School and School of Public Health, as well as gov-related centers and technology related centers.
Some specific ones (not an exhaustive list!):
CID, Center for International Development
CAS, Center for African Studies
CMES, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
DRCLAS, Center for Latin American Studies
SAI, South Asia Institute
Asia Center
Browse student groups with development-related interests
and at MIT: Poverty Action Lab, J-PAL