Comments on: Social experiments to fight poverty: Esther Duflo on TED.com

By: migratie « De wereld rondom ons

migratie « De wereld rondom ons — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:49:50 +0000

[...] Al dat geld is zeer fijn, maar het probleem is dat dat moeilijk op de juiste plaats geraakt en dat er veel zaken als ontwikkelingshulp geteld worden die er eigenlijk geen zijn(wiki). Denk maar aan de administratieve en werkingskosten van de vele organisaties. Die dan geld geven aan (vaak corrupte) overheden. Uiteindelijk blijft er van het gegeven ontwikkelingsgeld maar weinig over. Een extra dollar geven aan mensen in Tanzania wordt, door “administratie”, 74 cent. Dat is geen uitzonder, dat is de regel. Volgens een studie van de wereldbank liggen de cijfers tussen 11 en 63 % verlies voor alle ontwikkelingshulp.* Met andere woorden: ook al geven we veel geld het geraakt niet altijd waar het moet geraken. En ook al geraakt het daar: vaak weten we niet of het effectief is. [...]

By: Economics | Principled Design

Economics | Principled Design — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:54:11 +0000

[...] Action Lab at MIT and the work of Ester Duflo — [ at TED ] but sometimes the result does not really [...]

By: There’s a lot of talk on r/economics about how economics has no scientific basis. I just want to make the point that it’s not universally true. So, here’s Esther Duflo of MIT, winner of the MacArthur genius grant and the John Bates Clark

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:01:37 +0000

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By: Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex | virtual economics

Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex | virtual economics — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:42:39 +0000

[...] is not a new idea for aid policy, Bill Easterly, Esther Duflo and Owen Barder, have all made similar arguments. Indeed, Tim references mentions them prominently [...]

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Ti chiedi se la tua donazione serve? « Sperimentare il Fundraising — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:26:09 +0000

[...] per chi volesse avere anche una traduzione del discorso, lo trova QUI sul sito di TED. Cosa è TED? Ma un’organizzazione non profit, [...]

By: Even Bates Clark Medal winners make economic errors | Canadian Agri Food

Even Bates Clark Medal winners make economic errors | Canadian Agri Food — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:11:43 +0000

[...] links experimental and developmental economics and yields some surprising and robust insights (see here for her Ted talk). Regardless, she clearly knows her economics. But even talented economists can make technical [...]

By: Making Daily Reading Time Possible « shiyan

Making Daily Reading Time Possible « shiyan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:12:12 +0000

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By: helen hill

helen hill — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Good day!!!! Nice Video…more powers and God bless….

By: Front frontsplits101

Front frontsplits101 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It a very good video to help educate us how to spent money and how some people are just waiting for aid?

Thanks

By: clark anderson

clark anderson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid’s impact raises questions about how to provide it. But Clark Medal-winner (ccna questions)