Tag: poverty
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 17 — The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor
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Prof. Esther Duflo covers credit and lending to the world's poor. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 03 — Social Experiments: Why and How?
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In this lecture, Prof. Esther Duflo talks about social experiments done to understand what interventions work best to mitigate world poverty. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 14 — Gender Discrimination
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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee covers gender discrimination and uneven gender ratios in various countries, including India. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 08 — Health: Low Hanging Fruit?
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Prof. Esther Duflo discusses some of the most effective and cheapest ways to promote good health, such as bednets, immunization, and breast feeding. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 11 — Education: The Man Made Trap
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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee discusses the perceived returns of education and highlights various studies done on the subject. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 09 — Education: Setting the Stage
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Prof. Esther Duflo covers the themes portrayed in the film Educating Yaparak and examines education through the lens of economics. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 06 — Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
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In this lecture, Prof. Esther Duflo discusses nutrition as a hidden trap. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 02 — What is a Poverty Trap?
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Prof. Esther Duflo provides an introduction to the idea of poverty traps. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 22 — Entrepreneurs and Workers
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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee talks about the relationship between the poor and entrepreneurship. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 15 — Risk and Insurance
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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee discusses the ways in which risk is costly to the poor and if insurance is beneficial to this population. Recorded 2011.
