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The cost of global climate change will be borne mostly by the poor; Behavior change and technological solutions are needed. The poorest countries will bear the worst effects of climate change and the highest costs
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Esther Duflo, Nobel Prize Winner and a poverty alleviation and development economics professor, will be the guest speaker at the 46th Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Central Bank of Barbados. For the second year running, the event will take the format of a conversation featuring the guest speaker and Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes. They will discuss Radical Rethinking of How We Fight Global Poverty and Develop …
In our city have access to decent schools? this is something that has not hugely been part of the conversation, and i think would be a productive part to add. >> chrystia's got a question. >> professor duflo, very nice to talk to you. i'm a huge fan of your work. one of the things that you've been talking about with us today is that maybe public policymakers aren't sufficiently rigorous in testing their policies. is there something maybe that they can learn in terms of approach from the way maybe we test drugs and the ways that scientists use controlled experiences to see what works and what d...
We shouldn't be shy about admitting it. on the other hand, when there is more evidence, politics is also more informative. i think one reason why -- >> well, ester -- i'm sorry. go ahead. finish. >> one reason why the debates are sometimes a little bit -- in policy is that it becomes a game of he said/she said, because no one has very solid evidence to put on the table. and solid evidence makes the political discourse more informed and more useful. >> well, ester duflo, thank you for coming by. it's terrific you're putting this front and center on the agenda. i know you've got a lot of champio...