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That people respond to the relative costs and returns of schooling might imply that the poor are optimizing the amount of school they invest in, as predicted in a simple economic model. Strong medicineupdated creating incentives for pharmaceutical research on neglected diseases by michael kremer, rachel glennerster hardcover, 152 pages, published 2004 by princeton university press isbn. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read running randomized evaluations. Strong medicine ebook by michael kremer rakuten kobo. Princeton university press, isbn 06911213 making markets for vaccines. Rachel glennerster national bureau of economic research. But evidence suggests that reality is more complex. Academics who pioneered ontheground experiments to discover the. Author links open overlay panel michael kremer rachel glennerster show more. Reducing outofpocket costs, merit scholarships, and conditional cash transfers all increase schooling. Books and book chapters 2012 improving health in developing countries.
Michael robert kremer born november 12, 1964 is an american development economist who. Esther duflo, michael kreme, abhijit banerjee, the trio who have won the 2019 nobel prize for economics. Ideas to action, center for global development, 2005. In strong medicine, michael kremer and rachel glennerster offer an innovative yet. Confronting the challenges of this moment demands all the moral and deliberative clarity we can muster. Is decentralized iron fortification a feasible option to fight anemia among the poorest. In 2019 it was announced that he will be jointly awarded the nobel memorial prize in economics, together with esther duflo and abhijit banerje. She is on leave as an affiliated researcher of the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab jpal. Kudzai takavarasha holds degrees in chemical engineering and economics from the massachusetts institute of technology, and was a policy manager at jpal from 2004 to 2012. This important book offers thoughtful analysis and practical ideas for confronting and addressing this issue through research and development of lifesaving vaccines.
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