MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011
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1 modules • 22 lessons • 25 hours of video
MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011
22 lessons
• 25 hours
MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011
22 lessons
• 25 hours
- 1. Introduction (14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty) 34:36
- 2. What is a Poverty Trap? 01:23:50
- 3. Social Experiments: Why and How? 01:00:42
- 5. Is There a Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap? 01:16:40
- 6. Nutrition: The Hidden Traps 01:20:26
- 8. Health: Low Hanging Fruit? 01:20:27
- 9. Education: Setting the Stage 52:45
- 10. Is It Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor-The Pratham-JPAL Partnership 01:08:24
- 11. Education: The Man Made Trap 01:14:05
- 12. (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox Findings on the Family 01:14:05
- 13. How Do Families Decide? 01:18:58
- 14. Gender Discrimination 01:06:02
- 15. Risk and Insurance 01:19:11
- 16. Insurance 01:12:11
- 17. The (Not So Simple) Economics of Lending to the Poor 01:18:19
- 19. The Promise and Perils of Microfinance 33:44
- 20. Savings 01:14:29
- 21. Savings 2 01:12:20
- 22. Entrepreneurs and Workers 01:16:14
- 24. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty? 01:04:15
- 25. Policies, Politics: Can Evidence Play a Role in the Fight Against Poverty?, cont. 01:23:46
- 26. Five Thoughts in Place of a Sweeing Conclusion 47:46
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