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14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty
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Undergrad (Fall) HASS Social Sciences Communication Intensive HASS
Prereq: None
Units: 4-0-8
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Designed for students who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty. Examines extreme poverty over time to see if it is no longer a threat, why some countries grow fast and others fall further behind, if growth or foreign aid help the poor, what we can do about corruption, if markets or NGOs should be left to deal with poverty, where to intervene, and how to deal with the disease burden and improve schools.
E. Duflo