MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021 - Lecture 2: Poverty Traps: Theory

MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021 Instructor: Esther Duflo View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-771-development-economics-fall-2021 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaG Part 1 of 2 of Poverty Traps. The first half discusses the Dasgupta and Ray (1986) model of nutrition-based poverty traps. The second half discusses how to use evidence to test for a poverty trap, focusing on evidence for a nutrition-based poverty trap. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Speakers: Esther Duflo