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Why spending smarter beats bigger budgets

Karthik Muralidharan · TED

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Billions of dollars are poured into global development every year, but results are lacking, says economist Karthik Muralidharan. Diving into an example with public education, he outlines how smarter resource allocation and evidence-based interventions, like learning software that dynamically responds to students and teaches at the level that's right for them, can accelerate global development worldwide — not by spending more, but by spending smarter.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2024
Speaker
Karthik Muralidharan
Year
2024
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
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