Lant Pritchett on Reforming Development Economics
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In this episode, Shruti speaks with Lant Pritchett for a second time. They discuss internal and external migration, the concept of open borders, definitions of poverty, the flaws of randomized controlled trials and much more. Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He is currently affiliated with Oxford\\u2019s Blavatnik School of Government as the research director of the\\xa0RISE Programme, is the Research Director at\\xa0LaMP\\xa0(Labor Mobility Partnerships) and is a fellow at the London School of Economics. He previously worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007, living in Indonesia 1998-2000 and India 2004-2007. His publications span a wide range of development topics including economic growth, state capability, education, labor mobility and development assistance.
Recorded April 27th, 2022
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