Poor Economics
v1.0.0Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo's Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty — a development economics toolkit from two Nobel Prize-winning economists who use randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test what actually works in fighting poverty: education, healthcare, microfinance, governance, and the everyday decisions of the poor. Covers 7 use cases: ① RCTs in Development — why evidence matters ("What works in fighting poverty" "Randomized trials") ② Education — what helps kids learn ("How to improve education in poor countries" "School attendance") ③ Health — why prevention is hard ("Why don't people use bed nets" "Healthcare in poverty") ④ Microfinance — does it actually work ("Does microcredit help" "Microfinance criticism") ⑤ The Poor as Rational Actors — the central insight ("Economic behavior of the poor" "How the poor make decisions") ⑥ Governance and Corruption — when institutions fail ("Corruption in development" "Government accountability") ⑦ Policy Implications — what should be done ("Effective aid" "Evidence-based poverty policy") Trigger when users say: "Poor Economics" "Banerjee Duflo" "Development economics" "Fighting poverty" "What works in development" "Randomized controlled trials" "Poverty research" "Microcredit" "Education in poor countries" "How to help the poor" or mention: Abhijit Banerjee / Esther Duflo / Poor Economics / poverty / development / randomized trial / RCT / education / health / microfinance / microcredit / immunization / bed nets / deworming / school vouchers / conditional cash transfers / governance / corruption / J-PAL / Abdul Latif Jameel / evidence-based / policy / aid / malnutrition / family planning / infrastructure. Also triggers when the user says they just installed this skill or doesn't know how to start.
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