How to generalize a successful experiment : the example of tutoring

This presentation will relate the efforts needed to move from a successful experiment on a medium scale to a policy that can be accepted and adopted on a large scale. The case followed is that of the "right level" teaching approach, which has proved effective in India and many other developing countries.

Esther Duflo is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she holds the Abdul-Latif-Jameel Chair in Poverty Reduction and Development Economics, with a particular focus on health and education. A graduate in economics and social sciences, she defended her doctoral thesis at MIT's Department of Economics in 1999, under the supervision of Indian economist Abhijit Banerjee. Her thesis, entitled Three Essays in Empirical Development Economics, is devoted to the economic evaluation of development projects.
Esther Duflo is a member of the Conseil Scientifique de l'Éducation Nationale.