![]() ![]() Drawing on this and their 15 years of research from Chile to India, Kenya to Indonesia, they have identified wholly new aspects of the behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst.Ībhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Two highly regarded economists relay 15 years of research into a smart, engaging investigation of the real nature of global poverty and why current approaches to addressing miss the mark.īillions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world’s poor. ![]()
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