The Challenge of World Poverty (MIT 14.73, Spring 2011)

MIT undergraduate course on the economics of global poverty, taught by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo and published free on MIT OpenCourseWare with lecture videos. It asks questions such as whether growth helps the poor, how to make schools work for poor citizens, whether microfinance is overrated and whether foreign aid helps or hinders. A related MITx Online version, The Challenges of Global Poverty, is free to audit.

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