14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2009

Donaldson, Dave; Duflo, Esther

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Donaldson, Dave; Duflo, Esther

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The Challenge of World Poverty

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Abstract

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 like when living under a dollar per day? Why do some countries grow fast and others fall further behind? Does growth help the poor? Are famines unavoidable? How can we end child labor—or should we? How do we make schools work for poor citizens? How do we deal with the disease burden? Is micro finance invaluable or overrated? Without property rights, is life destined to be "nasty, brutish and short"? Has globalization been good to the poor? Should we leave economic development to the market? Should we leave economic development to non-governmental organizations (NGOs)? Does foreign aid help or hinder? Where is the best place to intervene?

Date issued

2009-12

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

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14.73-Fall2009

local: 14.73

local: IMSCP-MD5-013431392a023b9e9b1bd16019feaf5a

Keywords

developing countries, child labor, randomized evaluations, poverty and economic growth, microfinance, World Bank and IMF

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Economics (14) - Archived