Poor Economics with Abhijit Banerjee

<p>Abhijit Banerjee, has worked in dozens of countries trying to better understand the economics of poverty. He argues anti-poverty policies often fail because of inadequate understanding of the decisions poor people make. Banerjee Participated in a <a href= "http://www.imf.org/external/POS_Meetings/SeminarDetails.aspx?SeminarId=117"> seminar on <em>Sustainable Economic Development</em></a> during the IMF World-Bank Spring meetings. In this podcast, we discuss why so little is known about a billion poor people in the world.</p> <p>Contributors:</p> <p>Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of <a href="http://www.pooreconomics.com/about-book"><em>Poor Economics, A radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty</em></a></p>