Poor Economics - A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Informationen zum Autor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT. He is the recipient of many honours and awards! including most recently the inaugural Infosys Prize in 2009! and has been an honourary advisor to many organizations including the World Bank and the Government of India. Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT. She is a recipient of the MacArthur"genius&rdquo award (2009) and the John Bates Clark medal awarded annually to the best American economist under forty (2012). In 2003! Banerjee and Duflo cofounded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)! which they continue to direct. Klappentext From the award-winning founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT: A transformative reappraisal of the world of the extreme poor, their lives, desires, and frustrations Zusammenfassung "A marvelously insightful book by two outstanding researchers on the real nature of poverty." --Amartya Sen

Product details

• Authors: Abhijit Banerjee, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9781610390934
• ISBN: 978-1-61039-093-4
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 210 mm x 23 mm
• Series: PublicAffairs
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Entwicklungspolitik, Entwicklungshilfe, Armut, Volkswirtschaftslehre, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Politik / Entwicklung, Entwicklungspolitik - Entwicklungshilfe, Entwicklungsstudien, Englische Bücher / Wirtschaft, Business