Poor economics :
Banerjee, Abhijit V.
Poor economics : a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty / Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo. - xi, 303 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Billions of government dollars, and thousand of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the words 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 controlled trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Actions Lab at MIT, is being carried out in dozens of country. Their work transform certain presumptions: the micro finance is a cure-all, the 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 been 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" --Provided by publisher.
Professional
Text in English
9781610390934 9781610391603
Economic assistance --Developing countries.
Povery--Prevention.
HC59.7 / .B323 2011
339.46091724 / .B215 2011
Poor economics : a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty / Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo. - xi, 303 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Billions of government dollars, and thousand of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the words 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 controlled trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Actions Lab at MIT, is being carried out in dozens of country. Their work transform certain presumptions: the micro finance is a cure-all, the 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 been 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" --Provided by publisher.
Professional
Text in English
9781610390934 9781610391603
Economic assistance --Developing countries.
Povery--Prevention.
HC59.7 / .B323 2011
339.46091724 / .B215 2011