Lecture 4 on Nutrition, nutrients, and poverty traps from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Teaching the Book
This book grew, in part, out of years of teaching undergraduates and graduate students at MIT and elsewhere, and we hope that it can be used to support learning at various levels.
In the spring of 2011, we have been using the book for two courses: one, Challenges for World Poverty, an introductory course for students who do not have a background in economics. This course is a mix of lecture and discussion. Students read the book, as well as other papers, and they answer essay questions about the issues that they learn about. The second course, Foundations of Development Policies, is for advanced undergraduates and masters students.
In this section of the website, we provide the course materials from both. These materials include the lecture notes, assignments, and videos used throughout the course. We hope you will find this material useful as a supplementary resource to the book, and a way to enrich your learning experience.
Given that both courses are currently underway, this page will be regularly updated, so do check back often!
2.3 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: Nutrients
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3.1 Lecture: Challenges of world poverty: Health
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 7 from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
3.1 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: RCTs and Deworming
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 5 on an intro to randomized control trials and deworming from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
3.2 Lecture: Challenges of world poverty: Low-Hanging Fruit
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 8 on the 'low-hanging fruit' in health from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
3.2 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: Preventive Care
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 6 on preventative health services and activities from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
3.3 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: Health Care
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 7 on the demand for health care from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
4.1 Lecture: Challenges of world poverty: Education
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 9 on Eduction from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
4.1 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: Schools
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 9 on school construction from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
4.2 Lecture: Challenges of world poverty: Education - The Pratham Model
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 10 on J-PAL's partnership with the Indian education NGO, Pratham, from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
4.2 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: Schooling
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 10 on schooling and the Wald estimate from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
