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Spring 2011

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(Somewhat) un-orthodox findings on the family

Education: Setting the Stage

Education: The Man Made Trap

Entrepreneurs and workers

Five thoughts in place of a sweeping conclusion

Gender discrmination

General letter

Health: Low hanging fruit?

How do families decide?

Insurance

Introduction

Is it possible to deliver quality education to the poor? The Pratham-J-PAL Partnership

Nutrition: the Hidden traps

Policies, Politics Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight against Poverty?

Policies, Politics Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight against Poverty?

Rokia Letter

savings

Social experiments: Why and how?

Social Protection and Poverty Reduction

The (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor

The promise and perils of microfinance

What is a poverty trap?

Savings 2

Lecture 5: Is there a nutrition-based poverty trap?

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Economics

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Spring 2011

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Undergraduate

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