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MITx launched on edX.org an 11-week, free course for learners interested in solving the massive and persistent economic poverty in the world.
The Challenges of Global Poverty is taught by two Nobel Prize instructors: Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, and Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
The course–part of the MITx MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy—challenges economics to provide solutions.
The authors pose the following questions:
“Is extreme poverty a thing of the past? What is economic life like when living under a dollar per day? Are the poor always hungry? How do we make schools work for poor citizens? How do we deal with the disease burden? Is microfinance invaluable or overrated? Without property rights, is life destined to be “nasty, brutish, and short”? Should we leave economic development to the market? Should we leave economic development to non-governmental organizations (NGOs)? Does foreign aid help or hinder? Where is the best place to intervene?”
In this free online course from MIT, explore the key questions and challenges posed by massive and persistent world poverty. “The Challenges of Global Poverty” starts on February 9th — enroll today! https://t.co/XAhgNfNPoI pic.twitter.com/Z9l5ejbfqm
— MITx on edX (@MITxonedX) December 30, 2020
