娱乐场

Course Description

One of the key questions in today’s world is why some countries and some regions are richer and/or have a higher level of wellbeing than others. A great disparity is found across developing regions as well as between developed and developing countries. To better understand this puzzle, the course focuses on East Asia and Latin America, which were at similar levels of development as recently as the early 1980s but are now at very different levels, and on the poorer region of Sub-Saharan Africa. Of course, each region is quite heterogeneous, so we look both at regional averages and the experiences of some individual countries. Explanations for the differences – and some similarities –are sought in the economic, social, and political arenas within countries and the external environment in which they operate. Since China has become a very important part of the external environment for developing countries, China plays a double role in the course. We study it both as a rapidly developing nation in East Asia and as a key trade and investment partner for others.

课程简介

当今世界的关键问题之一是为什么一些国家和地区比其他国家和地区更富有或拥有更高水平的福祉。发展中地区之间以及发达国家与发展中国家之间存在巨大的差异。为了更好地理解这个问题，本课程主要侧重于东亚和拉丁美洲，它们在1980 年代初期处于相似的发展水平，但现在缺处于非常不同的状况；本门课也会关注撒哈拉以南非洲较贫穷的地区。当然，每个地区内部也存在很大差异，因此我们会同时考察地区的平均表现以及某些个别国家的独特经验。本课程会在国家内部的政治、经济和社会领域以及它们运作的外部环境中寻求对其差异和相似之处的解释。中国已成为发展中国家外部环境中非常重要的组成部分，因此中国在此分析中扮演着双重角色。我们将把中国视为东亚快速发展的国家以及其他国家的主要贸易和投资伙伴进行研究。