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
47:46(Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family
This lecture presents counter-intuitive research findings on family structures and decision-making in the context of poverty, challenging conventional assumptions about household dynamics and welfare.
MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011