Development
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Course outline
What will we learn in this class? Class schedules. Exam dates.
Course outline
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Health
Let's begin this class with issues about health. We will learn what are key characteristics of health behavior in developing countries. We will cover research papers that talk about how worms affect school children in Africa, how lack of calories affect workers in India, and more. From these research paper, we will then think about similar issues we see in our cities, and what are potential solutions.
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CLASS 1.1
Online lecture (Thai)
Class activity (Helmet Campaign)
[28 minutes]
CLASS 1.2
Online lecture (Thai)
[29 minutes]
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Education
In this section, we will think about "quantity" v.s. "quality" of education using example from Indonesia and India. Then, we will talk about the relationship between education and GDP growth. Moreover, we will explore job-education skill mismatch in Barcelona.
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CLASS 2.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[27 minutes]
CLASS 2.2
Online lecture (Thai)
[18 minutes]
Class activity (Cool edu system)
CLASS 2.3
Online lecture (Thai)
[37 minutes]
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Migration
On the topic of migration, we will start with how Rural Indians use their daughters as insurance by sending them off to marry people in different villages. Then we will explore why poor households in Bangladesh are afraid to migrate to the city to find jobs. Finally, we will talk about the impact of migration on the economy.
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CLASS 3.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[37 minutes]
Class activity (Essay)
CLASS 3.2
Online lecture (Thai)
[20 minutes]
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Climate
On the topic of climate economics, each student groups will be finding a research paper to present in a short video. The various topics include the impact of climate change / temperature change on student's exam scores, student's school participation, worker's productivity, and farmer's well being.
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In the online lecture, I present a paper on the cause of winter air pollution (PM2.5) in Bangkok.
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CLASS 4.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[28 minutes]
Class activity (Literature review)
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Microfinance
Now, let's explore the world of microfinance. Microfinance gives small loans to the poor who cannot get loans from traditional banks. This sounds awesome. However, to make microfinance work, there are a lot of details and pitfalls. In this sections, we will study some key research papers on microfinance.
CLASS 5.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[40 minutes]
Class activity (MFI)
CLASS 5.2
Online lecture (Thai)
[27 minutes]
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Savings
In this section, we will explore how can we encourage people to save more. The paper that we will cover is about giving poor people different tools to help them save.
CLASS 6.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[29 minutes]
Class activity (Savings tool)
Financial Class 101
Special lecture (Thai)
[37 minutes]
Knight
Siwapornpitak
@judpaiwairun
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Tech Adoption
In this class, we will explore two cases where researchers have new profitable technologies that could improve productivities, but people may not be inclined to use new tech. How can we make technology adoption happening?
CLASS 7.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[32 minutes]
CLASS 7.2
Online lecture (Thai)
[20 minutes]
Class activity (New tech introduction)
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Robots
In this class, we will explore the impact of robotic and AI technologies on workers.
CLASS 8.1
Online lecture (Thai)
[21 minutes]
Class activity (Impact of AI)
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