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Degrees of democracy
"More education does not necessarily lead to greater enthusiasm for representative politics," based on research by IPA Research Affiliates Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel, and Willa Friedman and Rebecca Thornton.
The Guardian Business Podcast
Also this week: we hear from the authors of a new book called Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
Rethinking Deworming: New Reasons to Focus on School-Based Deworming
On 29 June, 2011, The World Bank will host a seminar exploring compelling new reasons to focus on school-based deworming. DtW President Michael Kremer and DtW Executive Director Lesley Drake will both be speaking at the seminar.
A Radical Approach to Global Poverty
Michael Noer interviews Esther Duflo for Forbes [video].
Microcredit may have over-promised, but it still benefits millions
Interview with Esther Duflo
More poverty action labs needed
"How do you know that the steps taken by the government or an NGO to combat really work?"
The (not so) simple economics of lending to the poor
A book extract from Poor Economics.
Deworming and handwashing can offer better value than immunisation
Will Crouch, Head of Research at Giving What We Can writes in the Financial Times.
Reluctant entrepreneurs
Read an extract from Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
The Downside — and Surprising Upside — of Microcredit
A new microcredit impact evaluation by Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman is published in Science, finding mixed results. Contrary to widely held beliefs, the loans did not generate bigger businesses, higher income, or greater subjective well-being for the recipients. Instead, the loans led to fewer businesses and a lesser sense of well-being. However, the practice did result in stronger risk management.
See the Article here, and a response by Jonathan Morduch here, and a podcast interview with Dean Karlan on the findings here.
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