Read Chapter 4 in Poor Economics (required)
Videos 1-3 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 4, but not required (optional).
Readings 1-3 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 4, but not required (optional).
Question of the Day: Why is it so difficult for the poor in India to access quality health care?
Discussion with Hopkins
Work on social enterprise project with Smith
Poor Economics Website
Data set: This 18-country data set may give you evidence to support your ideas.
Studies: These studies may help you prepare too.
Videos
Is it Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor (The Pratham-JPAL Partnership)
Watch this related video for a preview of what's in the reading
Readings
Easterly, William. "Educated for What?" In The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
Case, Anne. "The Primacy of Education." In Understanding Poverty. Edited by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Roland Benabou, and Dilip Mookherjee. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780195305203.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Shawn Cole, et al. "Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India." (
PDF). The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 3 (2007): 1235–64.