Innovare Study · University of the Philippines · ECON 191

Development Economics

Why do some nations grow rich while others, starting from the same place, fall behind? This course answers it the way you actually remember things — through stories. One country at a time, one idea at a time.

A study companion for Prof. C. Abellera’s undergraduate course
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How this works. Every case tells you about a real country, and inside the story sits one of the course’s big ideas — you meet the concept before anyone names it. You can read each one or listen to it. At the end there’s a “test yourself” section that shows you the marks a strong answer needs to earn, never a ready-made answer to copy. Write yours first; then check it against the rubric. That’s the whole idea — understand the story well enough that you don’t need the answer handed to you.
The modules
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Chapter 1

Patterns of Development

Three countries start side by side and take three different fates. What it really means to “develop” — and why a rising income isn’t the same as a better life.

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Chapter 2

Measuring Growth & Development

You get what you measure. How economists actually size up a nation — and how the wrong number can quietly send a whole country chasing the wrong thing.

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Chapter 3

The Great Divergence

In 1960 you couldn’t tell the winners from the losers. Sixty years later they’re worlds apart — built out of tiny differences nobody noticed as they happened.

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