Health (Class #1)

HOMEWORK DUE TODAY

1. Read Chapter 3 in Poor Economics (required)

2. Video 1 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 3, but not required (optional).

3. Readings 1-2 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 3, but not required (optional).

ACTIVITIES

Question of the Day: Why is it so difficult for the poor in India to access quality health care?

1. Discussion with Hopkins

2. Work on social enterprise project with Smith

RESOURCES

Poor Economics Website

1. Data set: This 18-country data set may give you evidence to support your ideas.

2. Studies: These studies may help you prepare too.

Videos

1. Health: Low Hanging Fruit

Readings

1. Case study of delivering health care in Udaipur, India

2. Throwing the Baby out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh