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Fast Company
December 2009
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Which Poverty-Fighting Policies Work? J-PAL Has the Answer A global league of economists called J-PAL is deploying its experimental methods and one all-powerful asset -- data -- to explain human behavior, change how we help the poor, and try to save the world.   |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Arvind Subramanian |
Harnessing Ideas to Idealism A profile of Michael Kremer, the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University, whose economic ideas are motivated by idealism and then pursued with intense commitment. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2010
Maureen Tkacik |
The Pragmatic Rebels The financial crisis blew a hole in big-think economics, raising the profile of a new breed of skeptical empiricists committed to assiduous testing and tangible results in development economics, no matter how tiny. |
Fast Company
August 8, 2011
Anya Kamenetz |
Esther Duflo Bribes India's Poor To Health Good ideas that work aren't always as "nice" as we'd like. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004 |
Checklist to Use in Evaluating Whether an Intervention Is Backed by Rigorous Evidence From Appendix B of the U.S. Department of Education's "Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide." |
T.H.E. Journal
March 4, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
Early Intervention Program Addresses Academic, Behavioral Issues A new intervention program developed by researchers at Penn State University is designed to help families with kindergarteners at risk for poor school performance. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Cohen & Bloom |
Cultivating Minds Educating all the world's children well is not only urgent but also feasible within the next few decades. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Pete Engardio |
It Takes A Global Village A review of the book "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time" by Jeffrey D. Sachs, which comments on ending global poverty. |
Chemistry World
January 25, 2013
Rajesh Parishwad |
Indian supreme court's anger over unregulated clinical trials The fledgling clinical trials industry in India has been hit by recent revelations of a lack of regulation. Now, the country's supreme court has criticized the body that oversees clinical trials for its inaction in the face of these unethical practices. |
Chemistry World
November 12, 2013
Dinsa Sachan |
Rough patch for India's clinical trial industry The Indian clinical trial industry is beset by uncertainty. Campaigners have petitioned the courts claiming that drug companies are exploiting poor people and this has led to more than 100 trials being put on hold. |
Wired
March 2006
Jennifer Kahn |
A Nation of Guinea Pigs There's a new outsourcing boom in South Asia - and a billion people are jockeying for the jobs. How India became the global hot spot for drug trials. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 13, 2006
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer In this interview, Harvard Business School professor emeritus explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks that executives look beyond philanthropy to make lasting positive change. |
