Poverty dynamics are at the heart of economic development while in the search for processes that contribute to improving human welfare. This presentation took place in Washington DC, United States on June 28, 2016, with Jean-Paul Chavas, University of Wisconsin.
Poverty traps are commonplace in policy debates today, however, when these poverty traps exist what, where, why and for whom are the next series of questions. This presentation is based on the AMA Innovation Lab projects for the Conference on the Economics of Asset Dynamics and Poverty Traps.
This presentation took place in Washington DC, United States on June 28, 2016, and was about means-tested cash transfers emerging as the instrument of choice, spreading from middle income early adopters to lower income countries.
Recent flurry of experimental evaluations of micro-financial interventions to improve access to capital have expanded. This presentation is based on the AMA Innovation Lab projects for the Conference on the Economics of Asset Dynamics and Poverty Traps.
The goal of this presentation is to understand Major depression disorder (MDD) through the lens of economics. This presentation took place in Washington DC, United States on June 28, 2016 and was done by Jonathan de Quidt, Princeton University.
In this paper we ask two questions: (1) What are the social drivers of aspirations formation?, and (2) How do aspirations influence future-oriented behavior? The difference between current status and aspirations drives future-oriented economic behavior as predicted by theory
This paper examines the extent to which economic development decreases a country’s risk of experiencing climate-related disasters as well as the societal impacts of those events. The study finds that low-income countries are significantly more at risk of climate-related disasters, even after controlling for exposure to climate hazards and other factors that may confound disaster reporting.
