- "Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor."
Theodore Schultz
Nobel Lecture, 1979
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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Jargon detection in international development
Jeong Hyun Lee is a Strategic Outreach and Communications Intern with the Economics that Really Matters Blog and a senior at Ithaca High School In response to Chris Blattman’s invitation to compare jargon words in international development documents, I have … Continue reading →
An experimental approach to food storage and packaging interventions in international food aid (part 2)
Mark Brennan is a PhD student studying supply chains in relation to food security and assistance, and a researcher on MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, which is funded by USAID’s Global Development Lab. Food losses due to poor … Continue reading →
An experimental approach to food storage and packaging interventions in international food aid (part 1)
Mark Brennan is a PhD student studying supply chains in relation to food security and assistance, and a researcher on MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, which is funded by USAID’s Global Development Lab. Food assistance supply chains face quality … Continue reading →