14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2009

14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2009

This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge. The questions we will take up include: Is extreme poverty a thing of the past? What is economic life...

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Main Authors: Donaldson, Dave, Duflo, Esther
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2009
Subjects:
developing countries
child labor
randomized evaluations
poverty and economic growth
microfinance
World Bank and IMF
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77095

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77095

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