Lecture, three hours. Preparation: completion of first-year graduate microeconomics and econometrics courses. Focus on issues in development economics with emphasis on issues in micro-development. Covers both theoretical and empirical contributions, with particular emphasis on most recent research advances in field. Covers topics from development perspective related to gender and family economics, history, institutions, culture, education, health, agriculture, and risk-sharing. Emphasis on developing skills to implement commonly-used research methods. S/U or letter grading.