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008			120617s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2010050938
020			_a9781586487980
020			_a9781610390934
020			_a9781610391603
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _dBD-DhAAL
082	0	0	_a339.46091724 _222
100	1		_aBanerjee, Abhijit V.
245	1	0	_aPoor economics : _ba radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty / _cAbhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
260			_aNew York : _bPublic Affairs, _cc2011.
300			_axi, 303 pages ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p.278-293) and index.
520			_a"Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of the work they do is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, flat out harmful misperceptions at worst. Banerjee and Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab at MIT, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Their work transforms certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning, that poverty at the level of 99 cents a day is just a more extreme version of the experience any of us have when our income falls uncomfortably low. Throughout, the authors emphasize that life for the poor is simply not like life for everyone else: it is a much more perilous adventure, denied many of the cushions and advantages that are routinely provided to the more affluent"--
526	8		_aBBS
650		0	_aEconomic assistance _zDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aPoverty _xPrevention.
700	1		_aDuflo, Esther, _d1972-
852	1		_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
942	0	0	_01 _2ddc _cBK
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