http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures 2013-02-19T00:59:12+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> Lecture 1 provides an introduction to the study of global poverty. The class dicusses the challenges of world poverty.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, introduction<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/K2LvCx8H0OU/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec01_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-1-introduction/id592846212?i=128140973>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/K2LvCx8H0OU>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-1-introduction Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty introduction MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> Lecture 2 provides an introduction to the idea of poverty traps.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: poverty, poverty trap, nutrition, capacity curve, income, economics<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/7y67IP6XTPc/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec02_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-2-what-is-poverty/id592846212?i=128140972>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/7y67IP6XTPc>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-2-what-is-a-poverty-trap Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty poverty trap nutrition capacity curve income economics MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> In this lecture, Esther Duflo talks about social experiments done to understand what interventions work best to mitigate world poverty.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, experiments, social experiments<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/U1g_-FzqUXc/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec03_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-3-social-experiments/id592846212?i=128140978>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/U1g_-FzqUXc>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-3-social-experiments-why-and-how Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty experiments social experiments MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> In this lecture, Esther Duflo covers malnutriton and the nutrition-based poverty trap, including the relationship between productivity and nutrition.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: poverty, nutrition, challenges, world poverty, poverty trap<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/FQZN92nEC0Q/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec05_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-5-is-there-nutrition/id592846212?i=128140976>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/FQZN92nEC0Q>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-5-is-there-a-nutrition-based-poverty-trap Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty nutrition challenges world poverty poverty trap MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> In this lecture, Esther Duflo discusses nutrition as a hidden trap.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, nutrition, poverty trap, hidden trap, economics<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/qAS8Kh2pz9o/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec06_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-6-nutrition-hidden/id592846212?i=128140975>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/qAS8Kh2pz9o>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-6-nutrition-the-hidden-traps Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty nutrition poverty trap hidden trap economics MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses some of the most effective and cheapest ways to promote good health, such as bednets, immunization, and breast feeding.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: health, poverty, world poverty, bednets, immunization, breast feeding<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/b0VOqHiq5zU/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec08_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-8-health-low-hanging/id592846212?i=128140687>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/b0VOqHiq5zU>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-8-health-low-hanging-fruit Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US health poverty world poverty bednets immunization breast feeding MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture covers the themes portrayed in the film Educating Yaparak and examines education through the lens of economics.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: poverty, education, Educating Yaparak, girls, economics<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/qgA-JxgtjZg/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec09_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-9-education-setting/id592846212?i=128140970>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/qgA-JxgtjZg>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-9-education-setting-the-stage Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty education Educating Yaparak girls economics MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses various experiments and interventions in education, specifically in India. The work of the organization, Pratham, is also covered.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: world poverty, poverty, education, quality, Pratham, JPAL<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/klz2SdQorbA/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec10_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-10-is-it-possible/id592846212?i=128140977>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/klz2SdQorbA>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-10-is-it-possible-to-deliver-quality-education-to-the-poor-the-pratham-jpal-partnership Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US world poverty poverty education quality Pratham JPAL MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses the perceived returns of education and highlights various studies done on the subject.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: education, poverty, economics, world poverty, trap<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/quATCFNpM50/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec11_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-11-education-man-made/id592846212?i=128140971>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/quATCFNpM50>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-11-education-the-man-made-trap Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US education poverty economics world poverty trap MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses what drives fertitlity decisions. Topics include family planning, population growth, quality-quantity trade off, and China's one-child policy, among other topics.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, family<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/vE3v2HtAQto/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec12_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-12-somewhat-orthodox/id592846212?i=128140974>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/vE3v2HtAQto>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-12-somewhat-un-orthodox-findings-on-the-family Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty family MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture continues the discussion from lecture 12, and also includes material on how families make decisions about family planning.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: families, poverty, world poverty, challenge, economics, family decisions, education, fertility, private information, bargaining power<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/GdHqomimt8c/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec13_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-13-how-do-families/id592846212?i=128140688>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/GdHqomimt8c>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-13-how-do-families-decide Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US families poverty world poverty challenge economics family decisions education fertility private information bargaining power MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture covers gender discrimination and uneven gender ratios in various countries, including India.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: economics, world poverty, poverty, gender, discrimination, gender ratio, missing women<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/jXU0OeAaHn8/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec14_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-14-gender-discrimination/id592846212?i=128140686>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/jXU0OeAaHn8>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-14-gender-discrimination Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics world poverty poverty gender discrimination gender ratio missing women MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses the ways in which risk is costly to the poor and if insurance is beneficial to this population.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: economics, poverty, world poverty, poor, risk, insurance<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/LERsET25_l0/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec15_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-15-risk-and-insurance/id592846212?i=128143507>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/LERsET25_l0>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-15-risk-and-insurance Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics poverty world poverty poor risk insurance MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture covers risk and insurance for the world's poor.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, economics, insurance<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/kvmrpgEReX8/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec16_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-16-insurance/id592846212?i=128143503>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/kvmrpgEReX8>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-16-insurance Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty economics insurance MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture covers credit and lending to the world's poor.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Esther Duflo</p>Keywords: economics, poverty, world poverty, poor, lending, microcredit<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/Yh6r3I821ng/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec17_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-17-not-so-simple-economics/id592846212?i=128143509>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/Yh6r3I821ng>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-17-the-not-so-simple-economics-of-lending-to-the-poor Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics poverty world poverty poor lending microcredit MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses the topic of pros and cons of microfinance for the poor.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: economics, poverty, world poverty, micro-finance, credit<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZaN3W5as42s/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec19_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-19-promise-perils/id592846212?i=128143504>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/ZaN3W5as42s>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-19-the-promise-and-perils-of-microfinance Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics poverty world poverty micro-finance credit MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture covers the realities of saving and borrowing for the world's poor.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Bannerjee</p>Keywords: economics, poverty, world poverty, savings, consumption smoothing, life cycle, ROSCAs, microcredit<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/nc7dDE4_3zs/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec20_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-20-savings/id592846212?i=128143508>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/nc7dDE4_3zs>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-20-savings Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics poverty world poverty savings consumption smoothing life cycle ROSCAs microcredit MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. 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For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture covers experiments conducted to understand savings and borrowing in Kenya and the Phillippines.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, economics, debt, saving<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/p5ro4x1r16Q/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec21_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-21-savings-2/id592846212?i=128143505>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/p5ro4x1r16Q>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-21-savings-2 Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty economics debt saving MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture talks about the relationship between the poor and entrepreneurship.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: economics, poverty, world poverty, entrepreneurship, self employment<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/xuAD_a1OuNo/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec22_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-22-entrepreneurs-workers/id592846212?i=128143506>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/xuAD_a1OuNo>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-22-entrepreneurs-and-workers Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics poverty world poverty entrepreneurship self employment MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses theories and policies developed to help fight poverty.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: economics, political economy, politics, policies, expropriation, poverty<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/LLdc7VyZHt4/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec24_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-24-policies-politics/id592846212?i=128143502>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/LLdc7VyZHt4>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-24-policies-politics-can-evidence-play-a-role-in-the-fight-against-poverty Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics political economy politics policies expropriation poverty MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> This lecture discusses the impact of political economics on the world's poor.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: economics, poverty, world poverty, politics, policy, institutions<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/FLwiEHSEQt8/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec25_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-25-policies-politics/id592846212?i=128143770>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/FLwiEHSEQt8>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-25-policies-politics-can-evidence-play-a-role-in-the-fight-against-poverty-cont Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US economics poverty world poverty politics policy institutions MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p><strong>Description:</strong> The professor provides some final thoughts to conclude the course on the challenges of world poverty.</p> <p><strong>Instructor:</strong> Abhijit Banerjee</p>Keywords: poverty, world poverty, economics, conclusion<br><br>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/6RbIUZ-ZvZs/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MIT14.73S11/MIT14_73S11_lec26_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/lecture-26-five-thoughts-in/id592846212?i=128310743>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/6RbIUZ-ZvZs>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-73-the-challenge-of-world-poverty-spring-2011/video-lectures/lecture-26-five-thoughts-in-place-of-a-sweeing-conclusion Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit 2013-02-11T08:12:25+05:00 en-US poverty world poverty economics conclusion MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm