Economics 261: Economic Development of Latin America - Spring 2004

Professor Alberto Isgut,

PAC 222, Phone: 685-3958

Lectures: TTh 9:00-10:20, PAC 104

Office Hours: Tu 4:10-5:00, Th 10:30-11:30, or by appointment

Course Assistant: Jocelyn Moore - Office Hours: Tu 7-8pm, SC 121

Announcements:

Schedule for mini-conference

Review questions

Handouts: 
Syllabus

Problem set # 1

Problem set # 2

Suggestions for writing research essays

Datasets: 
LA macro data

Links:

  A. Information about Latin America and Developing countries

    Latin American Network Information Center
    Inter-American Development Bank
    World Bank
    International Monetary Fund

    Maps

  B. Data
    Economist Intelligence Unit's Country Data

    IMF's International Financial Statistics

    Penn World Table version 6.0
    Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt

  C. Other

    Electronic Reserves

    Professor Isgut's Home Page

    Economics Department Home Page