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

作者: Abhijit 著 , Esther Duflo 著

出版社: Perseus

出版时间: 2011-04

版次: 1

ISBN: 9781586487980

定价: 195.20

装帧: 精装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 320页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>经济

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

　lndex　
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　

　lndex