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MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011

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Instructors: Prof. Esther Duflo and Prof. Abhijit Banerjee
View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/14-73S11

Video lectures of the course 14.73 recorded in Spring 2011.

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1. Introduction (14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty)
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1. Introduction (14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty)

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2. What is a Poverty Trap?
1:23:50
2. What is a Poverty Trap?

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3. Social Experiments: Why and How?
1:00:42
3. Social Experiments: Why and How?

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5. Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?
1:16:40
5. Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?

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6. Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
1:20:26
6. Nutrition: The Hidden Traps

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8. Health: Low Hanging Fruit?
1:20:27
8. Health: Low Hanging Fruit?

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9. Education: Setting the Stage
52:45
9. Education: Setting the Stage

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10. Is It Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor-The Pratham-JPAL Partnership
1:08:24
10. Is It Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor-The Pratham-JPAL Partnership

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11. Education: The Man Made Trap
1:14:05
11. Education: The Man Made Trap

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12. (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family
1:14:05
12. (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family

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13. How Do Families Decide?
1:18:58
13. How Do Families Decide?

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14. Gender Discrimination
1:06:02
14. Gender Discrimination

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15. Risk and Insurance
1:19:11
15. Risk and Insurance

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16. Insurance
1:12:11
16. Insurance

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17. The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor
1:18:19
17. The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor

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19. The Promise and Perils of Microfinance
33:44
19. The Promise and Perils of Microfinance

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20. Savings
1:14:29
20. Savings

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21. Savings 2
1:12:20
21. Savings 2

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22. Entrepreneurs and Workers
1:16:14
22. Entrepreneurs and Workers

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24. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?
1:04:15
24. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?

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25. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?, cont.
1:23:46
25. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?, cont.

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26. Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeing Conclusion
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26. Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeing Conclusion