Title: | Poor economics : a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty |
Authors: | Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Author ; Esther Duflo, Author |
Publisher: | New York : PublicAffairs, 2011 |
ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-61039-093-4 |
Size: | 1 vol. (XI-303 p.) / ill., portr., couv. ill. en coul. / 21 cm |
Languages: | English |
Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic conditions > economic development [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic policy > economic policy > development policy [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > national accounts > income > distribution of income > poverty [Eurovoc] FINANCE > financing and investment > financing > microfinance |
Tags: | randomization test ; RCT |
Abstract: | "Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of the work they do is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, flat out harmful misperceptions at worst. Banerjee and Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab at MIT, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Their work transforms certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning, that poverty at the level of 99 cents a day is just a more extreme version of the experience any of us have when our income falls uncomfortably low. Throughout, the authors emphasize that life for the poor is simply not like life for everyone else: it is a much more perilous adventure, denied many of the cushions and advantages that are routinely provided to the more affluent"-- |
Contents note: |
1. Think Again, Again
Part 1. PRIVATE LIVES 2. A Billion Hungry People? 3. Low-Hanging Fruit for Better (Global)Health? 4. Top of the Class 5. Pak Sudarno’s Big Family Part 2. INSTITUTIONS 6. Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers 7. The Men from Kabul and the Eunuchs of India: The (Not So) Simple ... 8. Saving Brick by Brick 9. Reluctant Entrepreneurs 10. Policies, Politics |
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005587 | RA 1259 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Due for return by 10/16/2024 |