Kapuscinski Development Lectures: Kinky Development – Why „1$/Day” Doesn’t Solve Poverty
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As the Millennium Development Goals draw to a close there is an active debate on the future of the development agenda. Rich countries are pushing to limit the development agenda to limited "low bar" targets while the middle-income countries are using their new status to push for broader aspirational ideals, according to prof. Lant Pritchett. Pritchett argues, based on empirical evidence, that the low bar agenda such as “dollar a day” poverty is a dangerous trap and could harm development efforts. He opts for better measuring of development and poverty. |
Lant Pritchett is a development economist and currently works as a Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. On Thursday 15 October, he gave a guest lecture at the Metropolitan University Prague on Kinky Development – Why „1$/Day” Doesn’t Solve Poverty.
This lecture was part of the Kapuscinski Development Lectures series and can be seen in the video below.
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