That’s a great news. We should do a reading session for his works in one of our group meetings.
Rifat
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 12:22 AM Priyank Chandra prch@cs.toronto.edu wrote:
Hi This is definitely big news. They've had such an impact on international development and poverty elimination.
However, the use of randomized controlled trials that they have encouraged is not without criticism. The following are some of the critiques of the RCT approach: https://twitter.com/ingridharvold/status/1183722222118166529?s=20. I would definitely encourage a reading of : http://www.ras.org.in/randomise_this_on_poor_economics
Look forward to discussing this more with all of you.
Best
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 17:40, Ishtiaque Ahmed ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu wrote:
Very good idea. We can book a time after CSCW for reading their work.
Best Regards, Ishtiaque
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 5:35 PM Maryam Mokhberi maryam@cs.toronto.edu wrote:
Hi Ishtiaque,
I also found it very interesting and I was wondering we allocate one of our group meetings to delve more into Banerjee's work!
On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 5:26 PM Ishtiaque Ahmed < ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu> wrote:
Dear Group,
This year's Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, who are famous for their work in poverty alleviation. Of them, Abhijit and Esther co-authored a book called "Poor Economics" which is very famous in our field.
See more here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/14/business/nobel-prize-economics/index.html
This news is very inspiring for our field. I am also very happy personally because Abhijit is also a Bengali. :-)
Best Regards, Ishtiaque
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