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Poor Economics
- A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
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. 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. Their work defies 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.
This important book illuminates how the poor live, and offers all of us an opportunity to think of a world beyond poverty.
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- Zack M
- 04-12-17
Enlightening reading
I found the ideas presented in the book to be enlightening. It's not all doom for developing countries
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- Hidde
- 13-04-13
Lots of new insights into poverty
Interesting read with lots of research which gave me a view inside the lives of poor people. Not all chapters are interesting, but I really gained insights about how the poor deal with medical costs and how micro credit works in practice and helps some of them, but definitely not all. I would recommend this book to anyone who's interested in practical economy, medical staff and anyone who's interested in how poor people deal with their lives.
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- Debabrat
- 02-02-20
simple and effective economics
The authors lucidly explain how we can make difference in the lives of poor by observing them, listening to them and working with them closely without the run of mill solutions which hardly work. Small and incremental changes can result in big gains in future if we invest in right people with right resources at the right time.
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- Steve
- 07-04-13
fascinating read
This book presents some amazing stories and statistics in an easy to understand format. Each chapter is a different topic and keeps you interested, makes it easy to dip in and out of. Some fascinating theories that I've not heard or read elsewhere. A must read!
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-08-20
Great read!
I really enjoyed the book. It provides a multifaceted review of the global poverty problem and reviews implications of empirical evidence of various interventions. A must read for anyone interested in development issues.
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- S. Mahroof
- 10-10-19
Excellent & enlightening work
The authors give a balanced inside into the life of poor people around the world. It is balance and seems to be fact driven; away from usual biases.
This book was recommended to me by a stranger who was caring it in an eatery. After I enquired about it and refused to let him gift it to me, he insisted I must promise him to read it.
He was right for insisting.
The audiobook is very well read, and pleasant and easy to listen too.
I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in getting a more nuanced view of the topic.
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- Mr. T. P. Bedingfield
- 31-08-16
Good and very interesting
It was welll thought out and interesting. If concentrated on India too much. All good.
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- P
- 15-01-13
No reference material
This is not a review of the audible book which is interesting from the beginning so I gave it 5 stars for the benefit of the doubt.
However, beware that the reference material did not end up in My Library as claimed by audible - this is critical to the book so please make sure you contact them!
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- shlubby
- 15-08-19
skip to the final chapter
Often I struggled to think what I was really taking away from the book or learning, until the conclusion, which I think were good. I just wish the rest if the book was more concise and clearer I think.
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- Alex Bryant
- 18-10-19
Long and detailed. Must have a keen interest first
I'm not sure I fully understood this book before reading so I'm probably not the best person to review. Just make sure you understand the contents before starting.
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