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
47:46The Promise and Perils of Microfinance
This lecture provides a critical evaluation of microfinance, discussing its potential to alleviate poverty alongside its limitations, unintended consequences, and the empirical evidence surrounding its impact.
MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011