#  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](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/development-as-freedom-9780198297581?lang=en&cc=no), Amartya Sen  
[Poor Economics](https://economics.mit.edu/people/faculty/abhijit-banerjee/poor-economics), Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo  
[The Great Escape](https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10054.html), Angus Deaton  
[Why Nations Fail](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/205014/why-nations-fail-by-daron-acemoglu-and-james-a-robinson/), Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson  
[Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250056115/scarcity/), 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](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/292753/the-white-mans-burden-by-william-easterly/9780143038825/), William Easterly

[The Development Economics Reader](https://www.routledge.com/The-Development-Economics-Reader/Secondi/p/book/9780415771573), Giorgio Secondi  
[Overseas Research: A Practical Guide](https://www.routledge.com/Overseas-Research-A-Practical-Guide/Barrett-Cason-Lentz/p/book/9780367257026), Christopher B. Barrett, Jeffrey Cason, Erin C. Lentz  
  
Textbook (undergrad level): [Economic Development](https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/economic-development/P200000006431/9780137614813), Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith  
Textbook (undergrad level): [Essentials of Development Economics](https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520283176), J. Edward Taylor with Travis J. Lybbert  
Textbook (grad, advanced undergrad level): [Development Economics](https://press.princeton.edu/titles/6315.html), Debraj Ray

## Blogs and Sites

[Chris Blattmann](http://chrisblattman.com), development economist at U Chicago. Blog posts plus a great compilation of dev-related resources.  
[Africa Is A Country](https://africasacountry.com/about)  
[NYU Development Research Institute](https://nyudri.wordpress.com/about/)  
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) [Development Group](https://www.nber.org/programs-projects/programs-working-groups/development-economics)

## 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](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers-initiatives) and [School of Public Health](https://hsph.harvard.edu/research-centers-institutes-and-labs/), as well as [gov-related](https://www.cgis.fas.harvard.edu/academic-departments-and-research-centers) centers and [technology related](https://seas.harvard.edu/faculty/centers-initiatives) centers.

Some specific ones (not an exhaustive list!):  
[CID](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid), Center for International Development  
[CAS](https://africa.harvard.edu/), Center for African Studies  
[CMES](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/home), Center for Middle Eastern Studies  
[DRCLAS](https://drclas.harvard.edu/), Center for Latin American Studies  
[SAI](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/), South Asia Institute  
[Asia Center](https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/)  
[Browse student groups](https://dso.college.harvard.edu/list-student-organizations) with development-related interests

and at MIT: Poverty Action Lab, [J-PAL](http://www.povertyactionlab.org)

## Misc

[The Dog Index](https://qz.com/26579/the-dog-index-what-mans-best-friend-tells-us-about-global-economic-development/)  
[Role of Technology in Ending Poverty](https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2018/02/26/the-world-banks-cios-on-the-role-technology-will-play-in-ending-extreme-poverty)