The Challenge of World Poverty (Spring 2011)

The Challenge of World Poverty (Spring 2011)

Prof. Esther Duflo and Prof. Abhijit Banerjee via MIT OpenCourseWare Direct link

3. Social Experiments: Why and How?

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3. Social Experiments: Why and How?

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The Challenge of World Poverty (Spring 2011)

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  1. 1 1. Introduction
  2. 2 2. What is a Poverty Trap?
  3. 3 3. Social Experiments: Why and How?
  4. 4 5. Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?
  5. 5 6. Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
  6. 6 8. Health: Low Hanging Fruit?
  7. 7 9. Education: Setting the Stage
  8. 8 10. Is It Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor-The Pratham-JPAL Partnership
  9. 9 11. Education: The Man Made Trap
  10. 10 12. (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family
  11. 11 13. How Do Families Decide?
  12. 12 14. Gender Discrimination
  13. 13 15. Risk and Insurance
  14. 14 16. Insurance
  15. 15 17. The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor
  16. 16 19. The Promise and Perils of Microfinance
  17. 17 20. Savings
  18. 18 21. Savings 2
  19. 19 22. Entrepreneurs and Workers
  20. 20 24. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?
  21. 21 25. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?, cont.
  22. 22 26. Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeing Conclusion

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