Browsing MIT OCW Archived Courses by Author "Banerjee, Abhijit"

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    • 14.11 Special Topics in Economics: The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2006 

      Banerjee, Abhijit (2006-12)
      This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, have had some economics, and believe that economists might have something useful to say about this question. The ...

    • 14.74 Foundations of Development Policy, Spring 2004 

      Duflo, Esther, 1972-; Banerjee, Abhijit (2004-06)
      Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries. Goal is to spell out various policy options and to quantify the trade-offs between them. Special emphasis on education, health, gender, fertility, adoption ...

    • 14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models, Fall 2002 

      Duflo, Esther, 1972-; Banerjee, Abhijit; Kremer, Michael (2002-12)
      Agricultural issues: peasant behavior, land tenancy, and interlinked markets. Credit and insurance market problems and institutions. Health, nutrition, and productivity. Gender bias. Education. Technological change. ...