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PUBPOL 533

PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

This course will focus on public health in the developing world from the perspective of the social sciences, drawing on economics, demography, political science and...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PUBPOL 585

PUBPOL 585: Political Environment of Policymaking

Shobita Parthasarathy

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes...

PUBPOL 731

PUBPOL 731: Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social Science in South Africa

This is a year-long course devoted to developing an internet-based course to promote quantitative social science in South...

PUBPOL 676

PUBPOL 676: International Politics of Poverty and Development

Susan Waltz

This course examines alternative approaches to the study of poverty and development. Attention is directed primarily to problems confronted in the global South, with some comparative perspective on Western industrialized...

PUBPOL 696

PUBPOL 696: Labor Markets and Public Policy Around the World

This course examines the interaction between public policy and labor markets in theory and in practice, using empirical literature from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and those from the ex-Soviet...

PUBPOL 731

PUBPOL 731: Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social Science in South Africa

This is a year-long course devoted to developing an internet-based course to promote quantitative social science in South...

PUBPOL 542

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy...

PUBPOL 585

PUBPOL 585: Political Environment of Policymaking

Shobita Parthasarathy

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes...

PubPol 750.004

PubPol 750.004: Topics: Field Experiments in Developing Countries

Dean Yang

Randomized control trials in field settings (field experiments) are a powerful research methodology that is shedding new light on a wide variety of development problems...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PubPol 495.003

PubPol 495.003: Policy Seminar: Human Rights

Susan Waltz

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PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Dangerous Peacemaking

Yazier Henry

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PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.002: Topics: U.S. Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

Daniel Shields

The course will examine the past, present, and future of diplomatic interactions between the United States and the other nations of the Indo-Pacific region, starting with the 1951 signing of the Treaty of San Francisco that ended the state of war...

PUBPOL 677

PUBPOL 677: Immigration Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Immigration is a phenomenon that touches upon every aspect of American society, from economic growth to neighborhood institutions to national...

PUBPOL 716.001

PUBPOL 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

This first portion of the course, held in Ann Arbor, will introduce students to China and its policy and economic environments. Drawing on the expertise of Ford School faculty and outside guests, each class will focus on a different policy...

PubPol 780

PubPol 780: Topics in Policymaking: Trade agreements and negotiations as a policy instrument

International trade policy can influence a country´s economic performance. Many countries have entered agreements, legally binding and more enforceable than other international law, by which they reciprocally commit their trade policies…and...

PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: Topics: Trade policy as an instrument for economic development

In this course, and largely borrowing on the experience of the professor as Trade Minister in a small, middle-income country, we will discuss the practical links between trade policy and the variety of issues that challenge poor societies in...

PubPol 716.001

PubPol 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin

PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environmental within which public policy is formulated and...

PUBPOL 677

PUBPOL 677: Immigration Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Immigration is a phenomenon that touches upon every aspect of American society, from economic growth to neighborhood institutions to national...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PubPol 716.002

PubPol 716.002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

Ann Chih Lin

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin faculty, and exploration of Chinese cultural...

PubPol 716.001

PubPol 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin

PUBPOL 674

PUBPOL 674: Economic and Social Policies in a Selected Emerging Market Economy

Alan Deardorff

This course developed from an initiative of the International Policy Students Association (IPSA) at the Ford School of Public Policy. It will be in two...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PubPol 475.001

PubPol 475.001: Topics: Economic Policy Issues in Developing Countries

Susan Collins

OVERVIEW: Economic development policy seeks to improve the welfare of a population – usually interpreted as inducing rapid and sustained economic growth (creating wealth) and alleviating poverty (spreading...

PubPol 780.002

PubPol 780.002: Topics in Policymaking: Trade agreements and negotiations as a policy instrument

PubPol 475.002