Introduction (14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty)
34:35What is a Poverty Trap?
1:23:50Social Experiments: Why and How?
1:00:42Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?
1:16:40Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
1:20:26Health: Low Hanging Fruit?
1:20:27Education: Setting the Stage
52:45Is It Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor? The Pratham-JPAL Partnership
1:08:24Education: The Man Made Trap
1:14:05(Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family
1:14:05How Do Families Decide?
1:18:58Gender Discrimination
1:06:02Risk and Insurance
1:19:11Insurance
1:12:11The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor
1:18:19The Promise and Perils of Microfinance
33:44Savings
1:14:29Savings 2
1:12:20Entrepreneurs and Workers
1:16:14Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?
1:04:15Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?, cont.
1:23:46Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeping Conclusion
47:46Introduction (14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty)
Professors of Economics & Nobel Laureates
This introductory lecture frames the core questions and methodological approaches in development economics, focusing on the empirical challenges in understanding and addressing global poverty. It sets the stage for analyzing various interventions and their impact.
MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2019), MIT & Collège de France
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT and 2019 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2019), MIT
Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT and 2019 Nobel Laureate for experimental approaches to alleviating global poverty.