More than good intentions
How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty
Book • 2011
In this book, Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel present a new approach to solving global poverty by combining insights from behavioral economics with field research from developing countries.
They argue that small changes in banking, insurance, health care, and other development initiatives, taking into account human irrationality, can significantly improve the well-being of poor people.
The authors draw on economic tools, psychological insights, and empirical studies, advocating for the use of randomized control trials to measure the impacts of poverty alleviation programs.
The book offers seven proven effective ideas in development, including microsavings, reminders to save, prepaid fertilizer sales, deworming, remedial education in small groups, chlorine dispensers for clean water, and the use of commitment devices.
They argue that small changes in banking, insurance, health care, and other development initiatives, taking into account human irrationality, can significantly improve the well-being of poor people.
The authors draw on economic tools, psychological insights, and empirical studies, advocating for the use of randomized control trials to measure the impacts of poverty alleviation programs.
The book offers seven proven effective ideas in development, including microsavings, reminders to save, prepaid fertilizer sales, deworming, remedial education in small groups, chlorine dispensers for clean water, and the use of commitment devices.
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