Poor economics : a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty (Record no. 116352)

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-- 2010050938
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781610390934
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 339.46 BAN
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Banerjee, Abhijit V
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Personal name Duflo, Esther
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Title Poor economics : a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty
Statement of responsibility, etc. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
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260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. PublicAffairs
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2011
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 303 p. PBK
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note <p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "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"-- Provided by publisher.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Poverty - Prevention
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Economic assistance - Developing countries
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        Ruskin College Library Ruskin College Library 28/07/2023 58720   339.46 BAN R58720J0085 28/07/2023 28/07/2023 Book