Revolutionizing Development Economics
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Channel: Chicago Council on Global Affairs · 2011 · Education
Why does the world's poor stay poor? Economist Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab offered empirically-backed solutions to the greatest challenges of global poverty, contending that poverty eradication policies routinely fail due to an inadequate understanding of the lives of those living on less than 99 cents a day. To listen to full audio from this program, visit www.thechicagocouncil.org
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