Work based on these principles, supervised by the poverty action lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. One model is supply focused, build a school and students will come. Banerjee and esther duflo, both professors of economics at mit. The book reports on the effectiveness of solutions to global poverty using an evidencebased randomized control trial approach. Abhijit banerjee and esther duflos book, poor economics. It won the 2011 financial times and goldman sachs business book of the year award. A related approach is to combine the results from different experiments. Oct 02, 2017 poor economics by esther duflo and abhijit banerjee posted on october 2, 2017 october 2, 2017 author silvia del corso poor economics, a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty, by esther duflo and abhijit banerjee, won the financial times business book of the year award in 2011. Poor economics banerjee and duflo, 2012 inflexion point. Review of abhijit banerjee and esther duflo, poor economics. Jan 26, 2012 the second chapter of poor economics presents an interesting perspective regarding the hungerbased poverty trap.
March 2012 abhijit banerjee and esther duflo offer a coherent vision for an economics of poverty and antipoverty policy. The second model is demand focused, wait until the citizens demand a school and then. This updated addition to the series includes an entire chapters on field experiments, the politics and practice of social experiments, the methodology and practice of rcts, and the econometrics of. Department of economics working paper series the miracle of microfinance. A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty 2011 is a nonfiction book by abhijit v. Secondly, the economy described functions quite poorly. Its a quick 260 pages that quite inexplicably manage to contain 1 the basics of the theory of development economics, 2 interesting recent research that complicates the basic theories, and 3 compelling and memorable stories taken from their actual interviews with actual verypoor. The quarterly journal of economics 124 4, 14971540, 2009. Their lifes work is traveling to poor countries, looking closely at what works and what doesnt work in efforts to fight hunger and disease, improve education, and broaden access to basic financial services.
Old age pension and intrahousehold allocation in south africa esther duflo. Poor economics is by two mit economists, abhijit vinayak banerjee and esther duflo. Chapter 2 banerjee and duflo 1 chapter source poor. Apr 26, 2011 a new book by duflo and coauthor abhijit banerjee, poor economics. We show extensive evidence, culled from the microdevelopment literature, demonstrating that the assumption of optimal resource allocation fails radically. Evidence from a randomized evaluation abhijit banerjee esther duflo rachel glennester cynthia kinnan working paper 9 april 10, 20 room e52251 50 memorial drive cambridge, ma 02142 this paper can be downloaded without charge from the. A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty by abhijit v. Handbook of field experiments provides tactics on how to conduct experimental research, also presenting a comprehensive catalog on new results from research and areas that remain to be explored. Opportunidades program in mexico, which combined a cash transfer to poor families. A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty, public affairs, 2012, 303 pp. Banerjeeduflo ch 1 of poor economics economics 3324.
Randomized controlled trials, development economics and policy making in developing countries esther duflo department of economics, mit. Abhijit banerjee and esther duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Feb 24, 2012 chapter four of poor economics discusses education in developing countries and the most effective way to establish schools. What is middle class about the middle classes around the world. The experimental approach to development economics. Their economics is grounded in an effort to understand the economic and psychological complexities in the lives of poor people, informed by social experiments and field observations. A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty kindle edition by banerjee, abhijit v. Beyond poor economics with esther duflo and abhijit banerjee. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading poor economics.
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Codirector jpal joint work with abhijit banerjee and michael kremer randomized controlled trials have greatly expanded in the last two decades. Google books amazon lse library when asked about their view on how to alleviate global poverty, economists usually fall into one of two camps. Randomized experiments have become a popular tool in development economics research, and have been the subject of a number of criticisms. At the current exchange rate, 16 rupees corresponds to 36 u. I thought the comment about it being banerjee s kid was a. Control trials rcts in particular, abhijit banerjee pdms book pdf and esther duflo from the abdul. Banerjee and esther duflo are both professors of economics at the worldrenowned massachusetts institute of technology. First, this is a book about the economic life of the poor.
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Being a research scholar, and an indian, for me the book offers a great. Banerjee and esther duflo1 massachusetts institute of technology, department of economics and abdul latif jameel poverty action lab abstract. One is poor economics by abhijit banerjee and esther duflo. Having worked for more than 15 years with the poor in dozens of countries of all the continents, pioneering hundreds of randomized control trials with their lab, esther duflo and abhijit banerjees poor economics doesn. All too often, the economics of poverty gets mis taken for poor economics. Banerjee and esther duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Their economics is grounded in an effort to understand the economic and psychological complexities in the lives of poor people. But because prices are lower in most developing countries, if the poor actually bought the things they do at u. Economic fluctuations and growth program this paper describes the correlations between inequality and the growth rates in crosscountry data. One doesnt need to be jealous of duflos success to think that what happened during that aea committee meeting stinks. Much like the book, the lecture touched upon several. One way of doing so is to combine experimental evidence with structural. In may 2018, the project, in conjunction with the school of economics, was delighted to welcome the 2019 nobel prize winners, professors esther duflo and abhijit banerjee, to edinburgh for a public lecture, providing a synthesis of recent work in development economics, since the publication of their influential book poor economics in 2011.
This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Banerjee shared the 2019 nobel memorial prize in economic sciences with esther duflo and michael kremer for. Poor economics by laura starita mit economists abhijit banerjee and esther duflo spend a lot of time in the villages of india, indonesia, morocco, kenya and other developing nations conducting surveys and studies and speaking with the poor people. Why you should listen 2009 macarthur fellow esther duflo is pushing the field of development economics by studying specific causal relationships that lead to or perpetuate poverty. A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty by abhijit banerjee and esther duflo discusses the existence of a nutritionbased poverty trap.
The experimental approach to development economics abhijit v. Like all good books, it has its own website, full of background papers etc. One doesnt need to be jealous of duflo s success to think that what happened during that aea committee meeting stinks. The book aims to make 2011 the year that the economics of poverty become a key part of international political discussions. Can microfinance unlock a poverty trap for some entrepreneurs.
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Massachusetts institute of technology mit department of economics. A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty. This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of. At mit, shes the founder and director of the jameel poverty action lab jpal, a research network that evaluates. Banerjee and duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in.
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