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Lecture 8: Health: Low Hanging Fruit? | The Challenge of World Poverty
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Syllabus
Calendar
Readings
Writing Advice
Lecture Notes
22 Items
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)
Video Lectures
22 Items
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
Assignments
10 Items
Introduction
Consumption
Health
Education
Family
Insurance
Credit
Savings
Entrepreneurship
Political Economy
Exams
5 Items
Pop Quiz 1
Pop Quiz 2
Pop Quiz 3
Pop Quiz 4
Pop Quiz 5
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4 Items
Syllabus
Calendar
Readings
Writing Advice
Lecture Notes
22 Items
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)
Video Lectures
22 Items
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
Assignments
10 Items
Introduction
Consumption
Health
Education
Family
Insurance
Credit
Savings
Entrepreneurship
Political Economy
Exams
5 Items
Pop Quiz 1
Pop Quiz 2
Pop Quiz 3
Pop Quiz 4
Pop Quiz 5
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