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LEC # TOPICS FILMS
Introduction
1 Introduction to poverty and developing countries The Diary of Jeffrey Sachs and Angelina Jolie in Africa. (Available in three parts on Youtube).
2 Will growth eradicate poverty? Or, does a rising tide lift all ships?  
3

The economic lives of the poor

Guest lecture: Prof. Abhijit Banerjee

  
Food
4 Potatoes: nutrition, productivity and population growth  
5 The Bengal Famine of 1943: Amartya Sen and Satayajit Ray Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder). Directed by Satyajit Ray. India, 1973.
6 Famines and other disasters: cause and reactions  
7 Understanding nutrition decisions  
Education
8 Education and child labor Educating Yaparak. Directed by Di Tatham. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2005.
9 How to get children into school? Evaluating different policy options  
10 Education: educated for what?  
11 Remedying education: evidence from two randomized evaluations  
Health
12 The challenge of delivering healthcare to the poor: Udaipur The Name of the Disease. Directed by Abhijit Banerjee, Arundhati Banerjee, and Bappa Sen. Edited by Sumit Ghosh. 2006.
13 Disease and development: micro and macro approaches  
14 Delivering healthcare: malaria and the bednet controversy  
15 Investment and technology: should we subsidize fertilizer?  
Finance
16 Introduction to credit, savings and insurance Credit Where Credit is Due. Directed by Ashley Bruce. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2000.
17 The microcredit promise?  
18 Savings  
19 Insurance  
Institutions
20 Property rights on the ground Brazil's Land Revolution. Directed by Christopher Walker. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2005.
21 Property rights and the wealth of nations  
International dimensions
22 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Bamako. Written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. 2006.
23 Globalization and trade The Coffee-Go-Round. Directed by Joost de Haas. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2005.
24 Globalization and financial crisis  
25 Does aid work?