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Social experiments to fight poverty

Esther Duflo · TED

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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 Esther Duflo says it's possible to know which development efforts help and which hurt -- by testing solutions with randomized trials.

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TED
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TED2010
Speaker
Esther Duflo
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Economics
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TED
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