Instructor:        Jennifer Pamela Poole
Email:                jpoole@ucsc.edu
Phone:              (831) 459-5397
Office:               437 Engineering 2
Office Hours:   Wed. 9:00a-11:00a

ANNOUNCEMENTS
11/28: Final Exam Review Session:  Friday, December 7, 5:00p-6:30p, Jack Baskin 372.
11/27: Final Group Papers due at beginning of class on Thursday, November 29.
11/27: Email electronic presentation to me by 10:00a the day of the presentation, or bring on a flash drive.
11/27: Kerry Scott is teaching a drop-in session on free bibliography tools Zotero and Endnote Web this Wednesday, November 28 from 12:00p-1:30p in McHenry Room 350.
11/13: Office Hours on Wednesday, November 21 are cancelled.  Make-up office hours scheduled for Monday, November 19, 9:00a-11:00a.
11/8: Midterm Exam Total points: 60, Average Score: 41
11/5: Rough draft of group papers due at the beginning of class on Thursday, November 15.
11/1: Midterm will cover through Tuesday, October 30 (Lecture 10).
10/29: College Nine Core Course, Fair Trade Presentation: Thursday, November 8, 8pm, Classroom Unit 2.
10/29: College Nine Core Course, Microcredit Financing Presentation: Thursday, November 29, 8pm, Classroom Unit 2.
10/15: Research tools website created by Kerry Scott, Economics and Business Librarian.
10/15: All groups have been assigned.  Please notify me if you 1) have not been assigned to a group or 2) if you cannot locate all of your group members.
10/15: If you are interested, McHenry Library is offering introductory sessions for many of the tools Kerry reviewed in her presentation.
10/2: IADB chapter is on reserve in McHenry Library.
10/2: You may use the 2nd Edition of the book.

TEXTBOOK
Franko, Patrice (2007):  "The Puzzle of Latin American Development,"
    Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 3rd Edition.

READINGS
McKenzie (2005)
Hanson (2005)
Williamson (1990)
Haber (2005)

ARTICLES OF INTEREST
10/15: IMF, "Globalization and Inequality"
10/15: The Economist, "Commerce between friends and foes," October 4, 2007

COURSE HANDOUTS
11/27: Lecture 18 Outline
11/27: Lecture 16 Outline
11/19: Updated Course Outline
11/16: Lecture 15 Outline
11/13: Lecture 14 Outline
11/13: Lecture 13 Outline
11/1: Lecture 11 Outline
10/30:  Updated Course Outline
10/29: Lecture 9 Outline
10/29: Lecture 8 Outline
10/23: Lecture 7 Outline
10/16: Group Project Assignments
10/16: Interest Rates
10/11: Lecture 5 Outline
10/11: Lecture 4 Outline
10/9: Crude Oil Prices
10/9: Lecture 3 Outline
10/4: Lecture 2 Outline
9/27: Map & Descriptive Table
9/27: Syllabus
9/27: Course Outline
9/27: Guidelines for Papers & Presentations