14.73 | Spring 2011 | Undergraduate

The Challenge of World Poverty

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Lecture 5: Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap?

Description: In this lecture, Esther Duflo covers malnutriton and the nutrition-based poverty trap, including the relationship between productivity and nutrition.

Instructor: Esther Duflo

Is there a nutrition-based poverty trap? (PDF - 1.2MB)

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