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This presentation was delivered at the 2011 IFS Annual Lecture by Esther Duflo, MIT. It is based on chapter 10 of 'Poor economics', with Abhijit Banerjee.
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Esther Duflo
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Duflo, E. (2011). 'Policies, politics: rethinking development policy' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/policies-politics-rethinking-development-policy (accessed: 29 March 2024).
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