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Is poverty self-perpetuating?

Geoff Riley

23rd August 2019

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Excellent for Theme 4 Development Policy, Professor Maitreesh Ghatak from the LSE discusses the implications of a randomised control trial in Bangladesh, where some ultra-poor women were given a capital grant. Complementary assets are needed for capital grants to be effective in helping families escape extreme poverty.

Is poverty self-perpetuating?
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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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