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Public lecture: Tackling extreme poverty through programmes targeting the world's ultra-poor

Past Event London, United Kingdom Firms, Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth

Oriana Bandiera

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Robin Burgess

Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Esther Duflo

Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics
Speakers: Fazle Abed, Oriana Bandiera, Anna Minj, Esther Duflo
Chair: Robin Burgess

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Can extreme poverty be eliminated through programmes targeting the world’s ultra-poor? The panel discussed the merits of so called graduation approaches. This public lecture was based on the IGC project 'Basic entrepreneurship: A big new idea in development'.

Audio recording: a podcast of this event is available on the LSE website.

For more information please visit the LSE events page.

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