Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Ranked #2 in Development Economics, Ranked #9 in Macroeconomics — see more rankings.
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award
Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst.
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries.... more
Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst.
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries.... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Bill Gates CEO/MicrosoftDoes a great job of bringing alive the complexities of poor people’s lives. (Source)
Harini Calamur @ask0704 Read his book. I don't agree with some of the things he says. But, it is a great read on understanding poverty (Source)
Rankings by Category
Poor Economics is ranked in the following categories:
- #54 in Behavioral Economics
- #48 in Business Economics
- #37 in Commerce
- #21 in Economics
- #35 in International Business
- #11 in Poverty
- #69 in Public Health
- #78 in Social Sciences
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