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Instructor

Prof. Esther Duflo

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Social Science
- Economics
  - Developmental Economics
  - International Development
- Public Administration
  - Public Policy

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Lecture Notes

Case- Using Evaluations to Diagnose the Problem and Design Policy Solutions: Health and Healthcare in Rajasthan

Challenges of Development: How do the poor live?

Colonial history, institutions and economic development

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Health

Income and Nutrition: Interrelationship

Inside the household: How are decisions made within the household?

Land

Missing Women: Gender Discrimination

Nutrition and productivity

Nutrition and productivity: interrelationships

Savings Constraints

Institutions (2): Is Parochial Politics a Fatality?

Lecture 5: The Determinants of Educational Choice

Lecture 6: The eﬀect of school buildings on schooling: A "natural experiment"

Lecture 14: Savings: How Villagers Deal with Risk

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Esther Duflo

Departments

Economics

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Social Science
- Economics
  - Developmental Economics
  - International Development
- Public Administration
  - Public Policy

Learning Resource Types

Problem Sets

Lecture Notes

Presentation Assignments

Download Course

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