2011 non-fiction book by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Authors
Abhijit V. Banerjee Esther Duflo
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Economics
Genre
Non-fiction
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Publication date
April 26, 2011
Media type
Hardback
Pages
320 pp
ISBN
978-1-58648-798-0
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) is a non-fiction book by Abhijit V. Banerjee[1] and Esther Duflo,[2] both professors of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates. The book reports on the effectiveness of solutions to global poverty using an evidence-based randomized control trial approach. It won the 2011 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.[3]
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^"Esther Duflo". economics.mit.edu. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
^Andrew Hill. "‘Poor Economics’ takes business book prize", Financial Times, 3 Nov 2011.
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