The Challenge of World Poverty
Calendar
- Introduction (PDF)
- What is a poverty trap? (PDF)
- Social experiments: Why and how? (PDF - 2.7MB)
- Is there a nutrition-based poverty trap? (PDF - 1.2MB)
- The hidden traps (PDF)
- Health: Low hanging fruit (PDF)
- Education: Setting the stage (PDF)
- Is it possible to deliver quality education to the poor: The Pratham-JPAL Partnership (PDF)
- Education: The man made trap (PDF)
- (Somewhat) un-orthodox findings on the family (PDF)
- How do families decide? (PDF - 1.1MB)
- Gender discrimination (PDF)
- Risk and insurance (PDF)
- Insurance (PDF)
- The (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor (PDF)
- The promise and perils of microfinance (PDF)
- Savings (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
- Savings 2 (PDF)
- Entrepreneurs and workers (PDF)
- Policies, politics: Can evidence play a role in the fight against poverty? (PDF)
- Policies, politics: Can evidence play a role in the fight against poverty? (PDF - 1.3MB) (cont.)
- Five thoughts in place of a sweeping conclusion (PDF)
- Lecture 1: Introduction
- Lecture 2: What is a Poverty Trap?
- Lecture 3: Social Experiments: Why and How?
- Lecture 5: Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?
- Lecture 6: Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
- Lecture 8: Health: Low Hanging Fruit?
- Lecture 9: Education: Setting the Stage
- Lecture 10: Is It Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor-The Pratham-JPAL Partnership
- Lecture 11: Education: The Man Made Trap
- Lecture 12: (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family
- Lecture 13: How Do Families Decide?
- Lecture 14: Gender Discrimination
- Lecture 15: Risk and Insurance
- Lecture 16: Insurance
- Lecture 17: The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor
- Lecture 19: The Promise and Perils of Microfinance
- Lecture 20: Savings
- Lecture 21: Savings 2
- Lecture 22: Entrepreneurs and Workers
- Lecture 24: Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?
- Lecture 25: Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?, cont.
- Lecture 26: Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeping Conclusion
LEC # | TOPICS | FILMS/VIDEOS |
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Introduction | ||
1 | Introduction: What this class is about | |
2 | What is a poverty trap? | |
3 | Learning what works: The role of experiments | Esther Duflo's TED Talk. "Social Experiments to Fight Poverty." |
Food | ||
4 | The nature of famine | Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder). Directed by Satyajit Ray. India, 1973. |
5 | Is there a nutrition based trap-the demand for food and calories | |
6 | Is there a nutrition based poverty trap-the hidden trap | |
Health | ||
7 | Delivering healthcare, a case study from India | The Name of the Disease. Directed by Abhijit Banerjee, Arundhati Banerjee, and Bappa Sen. Edited by Sumit Ghosh. 2006. |
8 | Low hanging fruit: Understanding healthcare behavior in developing countries | |
Education | ||
9 | Setting the stage | Educating Yaparak. Directed by Di Tatham. Bullfrog Films, 2005. |
10 | Is it possible to deliver quality education to the poor?: The Pratham-JPAL Partnership | |
11 | Education: The man-made trap | |
Family | ||
12 | (Somewhat) un-orthodox findings on the family | |
13 | How do families decide? | |
14 | Gender discrimination | |
Risk and Insurance | ||
15 | Risk and insurance | |
16 | Insurance | |
Credit | ||
17 | The (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor | Credit Where Credit Is Due. Directed by Ashley Bruce. Bullfrog Films, 2000. |
18 | The (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor, cont. | |
Savings | ||
19 | The promise and peril of microfinance | |
20 | Savings | |
21 | Savings 2 | |
Entrepreneurship | ||
22 | Entrepreneurship and workers | |
23 | Entrepreneurship and workers (cont.) | |
Political Economy | ||
24 | Policies, politics: Can evidence play a role in the fight against poverty? | |
25 | Policies, politics: Can evidence play a role in the fight against poverty? (cont.) | Abhijit Banerjee's trailer for film about voting in India. |
26 | Five thoughts in place of a sweeping conclusion |