AREC345

Global Poverty and Economic Development

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This interdisciplinary course explores social and economic development around the world. Topics include geography, democratization, political instability and conflict, health and education, agricultural development, micro-entrepreneurship, and an introduction to impact evaluation methods used to evaluate the efficacy of public policy aimed at alleviating poverty.

Spring 2026

Steven Jaffee

3 reviews
Average rating: 2.33

Spring 2025

Steven Jaffee

3 reviews
Average rating: 2.33

Past Semesters

Jing Cai

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Steven Jaffee

3 reviews
Average rating: 2.33

Steven Jaffee

3 reviews
Average rating: 2.33

Steven Jaffee

3 reviews
Average rating: 2.33

Kenneth Leonard

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Pamela Jakiela

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.85 between 718 students*

A-: 16.02%

A: 16.16%

A+: 3.48%

B-: 9.33%

B: 19.22%

B+: 10.72%

C-: 2.51%

C: 5.01%

C+: 4.87%

D-: 0.42%

D: 2.09%

D+: 0.56%

F: 1.11%

W: 8.22%

other: 0.28%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.