Lecture 3: Poverty Traps: Graduation Programs

MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther Duflo

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Part 2 of 2 of Poverty Traps. Discusses the recent literature on "graduation" programs that provide large capital infusions and assistance aimed at breaking poverty traps. Also introduces the Rubin Causal Model.


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Speakers: Esther Duflo