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A handicapped security guard and the promise of his talented daughter

Vishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: Apologies for the 9 days of hiatus in blogging. It was my first vacation since I started writing this blog. To pile on the excuses, it was my first vacation where my wife was working…

Top Takeaways from Banerjee and Duflo's Poor Economics

Vishy KurugantiNovember 18, 20115 mins

Pic: courtesy Pooreconomics.com If you’ve been following this blog for sometime, you know that I consider Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics as a bible of sorts — to understand poverty…

Borrowing from MFI to save for daughter's dowry?

Vishy KurugantiNovember 14, 20113 mins

SKS Microfinance Ltd, India’s largest and only listed microlender, said its losses widened in the second quarter from the preceding three months as repayment rates in Andhra Pradesh, its biggest…

Stanford Graduate School of Business Launches Institute to Alleviate Poverty

Vishy KurugantiNovember 06, 20114 mins

SIIDE benefactors: Robert & Dorothy King (Pic: courtesy news.stanford.edu) The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has established the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies…

Voting in developing countries dominated by ethnicity? Banerjee and Duflo answer with.. (yes) a RCT

Vishy KurugantiOctober 28, 20112 mins

In the diverse melting pot that is the great Indian democracy, we all know the strong role ethnicity plays in deciding elections. In their book Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo write…

Psychology of Savings – How the Poor Save to Buy Fertilizer

Vishy KurugantiOctober 21, 20114 mins

In chapter 8 (Saving Brick by Brick) of Poor Economics, Banerjee and Duflo delve into the subject of savings – the psychology behind why a majority of the poor find it incredibly hard to save and how…

Operation Magic Carpet and what it can teach us about reengineering education

Vishy KurugantiOctober 06, 20112 mins

Ethiopian Immigrants Waiting In A Camp Before Immigrating To Israel (Pic: courtesy www.israelimages.com) In Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s book Poor Economics, they describe a remarkable social…

Elitist School Systems – teachers with high ambition and parents with low expectations (double-whammy)

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 21, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics.] Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations…

Pratham's Contributions to Indian Education Policy Debate

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 10, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: *This post is the fourth in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. The…

Middle ground between the supply-wallahs and demand-wallahs

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 07, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: *This post is the third in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. Part…

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