Tag: poverty
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.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 05 — Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?
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In this lecture, Prof. Esther Duflo covers malnutriton and the nutrition-based poverty trap, including the relationship between productivity and nutrition. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 20 — Savings Part 1
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Prof. Abhijit Banerjee covers the realities of saving and borrowing for the world's poor. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 26 — Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeping Conclusion
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Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeping Conclusion. Prof. Abhijit Banerjee provides some final thoughts to conclude the course on the challenges of world poverty. 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 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 12 — (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family
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Prof. Esther Duflo discusses what drives fertility decisions. Topics include family planning, population growth, quality-quantity trade off, and China's one-child policy, among other topics. Recorded 2011.
Banerjee & Duflo: 14.73 Lecture 25 — Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role… Part 2
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Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty? (Part 2). Professor Abhijit Banerjee discusses the impact of political economics on the world's poor. 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.
