GEK1018

I cant help it. It's the pre-semester depression. I saw the readings for one of my module - economic issues in developing countries and it's HORROR!!! Oh no, did I spotted at least 4 BOOKS among these readings? 4 BOOKS????????? OMG! 4 BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..................................No amount of whining can help.

- World Bank (2005), World Development Report 2005

- UNDP (2005), Human Development Report 2005

- Amartya Sen (1999), Development as Freedom, Oxford University Press, Chapters 6, 12

- Geoffrey D Sachs, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time, 2005

- World Bank (2002), World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets

- Kimberly Ann Elliott (1997) (ed), Corruption and the Global Economy, Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics

- Gray C W and Daniel Kaufmann (1998), “Corruption and Development”, Finance and Development, March

- Lim Chong Yah and Others (1988), Policy Options for the Singapore Economy, Singapore: McGraw-Hill, Chapter 3

- UNDP (2000), Human Development Report 2000

- The World Bank, World Development Report 1998/99

- The World Bank, ICT and MDGs: A World Bank Perspective, 2003

- “Technology and the Poor", The Economist, 10-16 November 2001, A survey after page 52

- World Bank (1994), Averting the Old Age Crisis, Oxford: Oxford University Press

- Peter S Heller (1998), “Ageing in the Asian Tiger Economies”, Finance and Development, Vol. 35, No.2, June

- William J Carrington, and Enrica Detragiache (1999), “How Extensive is the Brain Drain?” Finance and Development, Vol. 36, No.2, June

- UNDP (1992), Human Development Report 1992

- Habibullah Khan (2001), “Social Policy in Singapore: A Confucian Model?” World Bank Institute (WBI) Working Paper, January

- Ross Levine (1997), "Financial Development and Economic Growth: Views and Agenda", Journal of Economic Literature, 35(2), pp. 688-726

- Calvo, G.A. (1999), Jonathan Morduch (1999), "The Micro-finance Promise", Journal of Economic Literature, 37(4), pp. 1569-1614

- Joseph E Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents, 2002

- Jeffrey G Williamson (1998), "Globalization, Labor Markets, and Policy Backlash in the Past", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(4), pp.51-71

- Robert C Feenstra (1998), "Integration of Trade and Disintegration of Production in the Global Economy", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(4), pp.31-50

- Maurice Obstfeld (1998), "The Global Capital Market: Benefactor or Menace?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(4), pp.9-30

- Lim Chong Yah and Others (1988) Policy Options for the Singapore Economy, op.cit., Chapter 15

AND I emailed her: if she dun care, omg! pls pray for another mod which i can do.

Dear Connie,

I can't help but worry about the amount of readings we have to do for this module. I spotted a couple of books, of which I own "Joseph E Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents, 2002", among MANY World bank reports.

Personally, I took MANY weeks to read, and has yet fully digest that book.

It petrifies me as it seem pretty taxing to squeeze these amount of readings into one semester. The lack of any economics background compounded my fear.

Please advice.

Best regards,
Alvin