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A village in rural Indonesia. A new study by MIT researchers suggests local residents make accurate judgments of their neighbors’ poverty levels.

Wisdom of crowds

In countries that lack financial records, how can we tell who is truly poor? An innovative study suggests: Ask the neighbors.

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Children collecting water as part of a J-PAL study in western Kenya.

Life on a dollar a day

In Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo open a window into the lives of the world’s poorest people, and suggest new remedies to combat poverty.

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