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01734cam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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16596027 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
110103s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2010050938 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781586487980 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HC59.7 |
| Item number |
.B323 2011 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
339.4609 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Banerjee, Abhijit V. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Poor economics : |
| Remainder of title |
a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
PublicAffairs, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 303 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of the work they do is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, flat out harmful misperceptions at worst. Banerjee and Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab at MIT, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Their work transforms certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning, that poverty at the level of 99 cents a day is just a more extreme version of the experience any of us have when our income falls uncomfortably low. Throughout, the authors emphasize that life for the poor is simply not like life for everyone else: it is a much more perilous adventure, denied many of the cushions and advantages that are routinely provided to the more affluent"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Economic assistance |
| Geographic subdivision |
Developing countries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Poverty |
| General subdivision |
Prevention. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Duflo, Esther, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1972- |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
