The Challenge of World Poverty
Lecture 6: Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
- 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