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Poor Economics : A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banerjee, Abhijit V., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic assistance--Developing countries.
- Economic assistance.
- Poverty--Prevention.
- Poverty.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic assistance--Developing countries.
- Poverty--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A marvelously insightful book by two outstanding researchers on the real nature of poverty." --Amartya Sen
- Contents:
- Praise for Poor Economics; Contents; Foreword; 1: Think Again, Again; [ PART I ] Private Lives; 2: A Billion Hungry People?; 3: Low-Hanging Fruit for Better (Global) Health?; 4: Top of the Class; 5: Pak Sudarno's Big Family; [ PART II ] Institutions; 6: Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers; 7: The Men from Kabul and the Eunuchs of India:The (Not So) Simple Economics of Lending to the Poor; 8: Saving Brick by Brick; 9: Reluctant Entrepreneurs; 10: Policies, Politics; In Place of a Sweeping Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277- 293) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61039-040-7
- 9786613095565
- 1-283-09556-4
- 1-280-58809-8
- 9786613617927
- 1-61039-160-8
- OCLC:
- 782879716
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