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Esther Duflo: Poverty Not Only Lack of Money

Geoff Riley

19th April 2018

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Esther Duflo is interviewed here for the IMF Finance and Development magazine and argues that all economic and social dimensions of poverty must be considered when implementing policies designed to reduce extreme poverty

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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