LEC # | TOPICS | FILMS/VIDEOS |
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Introduction | ||
1 | Introduction: What this class is about | |
2 | What is a poverty trap? | |
3 | Learning what works: The role of experiments | Esther Duflo's TED Talk. "Social Experiments to Fight Poverty." |
Food | ||
4 | The nature of famine | Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder). Directed by Satyajit Ray. India, 1973. |
5 | Is there a nutrition based trap-the demand for food and calories | |
6 | Is there a nutrition based poverty trap-the hidden trap | |
Health | ||
7 | Delivering healthcare, a case study from India | The Name of the Disease. Directed by Abhijit Banerjee, Arundhati Banerjee, and Bappa Sen. Edited by Sumit Ghosh. 2006. |
8 | Low hanging fruit: Understanding healthcare behavior in developing countries | |
Education | ||
9 | Setting the stage | Educating Yaparak. Directed by Di Tatham. Bullfrog Films, 2005. |
10 | Is it possible to deliver quality education to the poor?: The Pratham-JPAL Partnership | |
11 | Education: The man-made trap | |
Family | ||
12 | (Somewhat) un-orthodox findings on the family | |
13 | How do families decide? | |
14 | Gender discrimination | |
Risk and Insurance | ||
15 | Risk and insurance | |
16 | Insurance | |
Credit | ||
17 | The (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor | Credit Where Credit Is Due. Directed by Ashley Bruce. Bullfrog Films, 2000. |
18 | The (not so simple) economics of lending to the poor, cont. | |
Savings | ||
19 | The promise and peril of microfinance | |
20 | Savings | |
21 | Savings 2 | |
Entrepreneurship | ||
22 | Entrepreneurship and workers | |
23 | Entrepreneurship and workers (cont.) | |
Political Economy | ||
24 | Policies, politics: Can evidence play a role in the fight against poverty? | |
25 | Policies, politics: Can evidence play a role in the fight against poverty? (cont.) | Abhijit Banerjee's trailer for film about voting in India. |
26 | Five thoughts in place of a sweeping conclusion |