Professor Oriana Bandiera is the Sir Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics and Director of STICERD at the London School of Economics (LSE). She specialises in development economics, international trade and the public sector.
In this episode of the Office Hours podcast, chief editor Vincent Chow chats with the professor about her research on policies helping ultra-poor women in Bangladesh, the limitations of microfinance, the ethical implications of foreign policy interventions, and common misconceptions about what economists do.
Oriana’s Recommendations:
ourworldindata.org
www.gapminder.org/tools/
wid.world
Her co-authored response to a Guardian piece attacking Economics as a discipline:
www.ifs.org.uk/publications/10282
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