More Than Good Intentions Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy

Name: More Than Good Intentions Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy
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ISBN: 9780452297562

ISBN-10: 0452297567

ISBN-13: 9780452297562

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jacob Appel, Dean Karlan

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A revolutionary approach to poverty that takes human irrationality into account-and unlocks the mystery of making philanthropic spending really work. American individuals and institutions spent billions of dollars to ease global poverty and accomplished almost nothing. At last we have a realistic way forward. Presenting innovative and successful development interventions around the globe, Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel show how empirical analysis coupled with the latest thinking in behavioral economics can make a profound difference. From Kenya, where teenagers reduced their risk of contracting AIDS by having more unprotected sex with partners their own age, to Mexico, where giving kids a…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Authorsï¿½ Note



Introduction


The Monks and the Fish



To Work Against Poverty


How We Do What We Do



To Buy


Doubling the Number of Families with a Safety Net



To Borrow


Why the Taxi Driver Didn't Take a Loan



To Pursue Happiness


Having Better Things to Do



To Cooperate In Groups


What About the Weakness of the Crowd?



To Save


The Unfun Option



To Farm


Something from Nothing



To Learn


The Importance of Showing Up



To Stay Healthy


From Broken Legs to Parasites



To Mate


The Naked Truth



To Give


The Takeaway


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index