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

图书标准信息

• 作者 Abhijit、Esther Duflo 著
• 出版社 Perseus
• 出版时间 2011-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781586487980
• 定价 195.20元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thistitlecomesfromtheaward-winningfoundersoftheuniqueandremarkableAbdulLatfiJameelPovertyActionLaboratoryatMIT,atransformativereappraisaloftheworldoftheextremepoor,theirlives,desiresandfrustrations.Billionsofgovernmentdollars,andthousandsofcharitableorganizationsandNGOsarededicatedtohelpingtheworld'spoor.Butmuchoftheworktheydoisbasedonassumptionsthatareuntestedgeneralizationsatbest,flatoutharmfulmisperceptionsatworst.BanerjeeandDuflohavepioneeredtheuseofrandomizedcontroltrialsindevelopmenteconomics.Workbasedontheseprinciples,supervisedbythePovertyActionLabatMIT,isbeingcarriedoutindozensofcountries.Drawingonthisandtheir15yearsofresearchfromChiletoIndia,KenyatoIndonesia,theyhaveidentifiedwhollynewaspectsofthebehaviorofpoorpeople,theirneeds,andthewaythataidorfinancialinvestmentcanaffecttheirlives.Theirworktransformscertainpresumptions:thatmicrofinanceisacure-all,thatschoolingequalslearning,thatpovertyatthelevelof99centsadayisjustamoreextremeversionoftheexperienceanyofushavewhenourincomefallsuncomfortablylow.Throughout,theauthorsemphasizethatlifeforthepoorissimplynotlikelifeforeveryoneelse:itisamuchmoreperilousadventure,deniedmanyofthecushionsandadvantagesthatareroutinelyprovidedtothemoreaffluent:iftheydonothaveapipedwatersupplythepoorcannotbenefitfromchlorination;iftheycannotaffordready-madebreakfastcerealstheycannotgaintheenrichedvitaminsandothernutrients;theyareroutinelydeniedaccesstomarkets;and,theygetnegativeinterestratesontheirsavings,whileexorbitantratesarechargedontheirloans.Thedailystressofpovertydiscourageslong-termthinkingandoftenleadstobaddecision-making.Addtothatthefactthepoorareroutinelydeniedtheinformationthatmighthelpthemmanagethenightmarishpredicamentthatinmostcasestheyarebornintothroughnofaultoftheirown.BannerjeeandDufloarepracticalvisionarieswhosemeticulousworkoffersallofusanopportunitytothinkofaworldbeyondpoverty.

【作者简介】

AbhijitVinayakBanerjeewaseducatedinKolkata,DelhiandCambridge,MA.HeiscurrentlytheFordFoundationInternationalProfessorofEconomicsatMIT.Heistherecipientofmanyhonorsandawards,includingmostrecentlytheinauguralInfosysPrizein2009,andhasbeenanhonoraryadvisortomanyorganizationsincludingtheWorldBankandtheGovernmentofIndia.EstherDufloistheAbdulLatifJameelProfessorofPovertyAlleviationandDevelopmentEconomicsatMIT.ShestudiedattheEcoleNormaleSuperieureinParis,andatMIT.Sheisarecipientofseveralimportantawards,includingaMacArthur"genius"award(2009)andtheJohnBatesClarkmedalawardedannuallytothebestAmericaneconomistunderforty(2010).In2003,BanerjeeandDufloco-foundedtheAbdulLatifJameelPovertyActionLab(J-PAL),whichtheycontinuetodirect.

【目录】

Foreword　

Think Again, Again　

PART I: PRIVATE LIVES

　A Billion Hungry People?　

　Low-Hanging Fruit for Better (Global) Health?　

　Top of the Class　

　Pak Sudarno's Big Family　

PART II: INSTITUTIONS

　Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers　

　The Men from Kabul and the Eunuchs 0fIndia:

　The (Not So) Simple Economics of Lending to the Poor

　Saving Brickby Brick　

　Reluctant Entrepreneurs　

　Policies, Politics　

　In Place of a Sweeping Conclusion　

　Acknowledgments　

　Notes　

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