Lecture 9 on Eduction from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
Teaching and Resources
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!
4.1 Lecture: Challenges of world poverty: Education
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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.
4.3 Lecture: Challenges of world poverty: Education - The Man-Made Trap
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 11 on the 'man-made trap' in education, from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
4.3 Lecture: Foundations of Development Policy: Education Decisions
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture 11 on the education decisions from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Challenges of World Poverty: A Sample Essay on Education
John Boghossian / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A sample essay on education written by John Boghossian an MIT Economics and Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student for the spring 2011 undergraduate class Challenges of World Poverty
Challenges of world poverty: Essay Questions on Education
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Essay questions on education from the spring 2011 MIT undergraduate course, The Challenges of World Poverty.
Foundations of Development Policy: Data Part A for Problem Set 4
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Data from the paper Banerjee et al. "Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India" to accompany problem set 4 from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
Foundations of Development Policy: Data Part B for Problem Set 4
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Data from the paper Banerjee et al. "Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India" to accompany problem set 4 from the spring 2011 MIT masters course, Foundations of Development Policy.
