Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. We use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . The experimental trials in africa and india run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues have won them the nobel prize for economics. Among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor, and the poorest kids dont need more books, they need more time. A fashionable idea wins the nobel prize. But is this really a story of failure of economists to predict the financial crisis, and of economics to offer Big Solutions . Professor esther duflo, welcome to hardtalk. In awarding the prize to you and your fellow economists, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, the Nobel Committee praised your experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. How would you explain what you do . So the idea is very simple. So first of all, you take a big problem, like how are we goin
Still quite windy across eastern areas. But the cold air will be in place, 5 nine celsius. Beyond that period, further on into the week it looks like the jetstream will begin to dive to the south of the uk that will allow us to be on the colder side of thejet. Will allow us to be on the colder side of the jet. Low pressure with us as side of the jet. Low pressure with us as well so it remains unsettled with further rain at times but as we move from the middle parts of the latter pa rt move from the middle parts of the latter part of the week, it will open the floodgates to a very cold arctic northerly. So it looks u nsettled, arctic northerly. So it looks unsettled, i think, forfurther ahead forecast with more rain at times but mid week onwards we will see the cold air moving down from the north and that means we will see an increased chance of wintry showers, some snow showers affecting the north and the east of the country and that strong and bitter northerly wind. Hello. This is bbc
Well have the latest live from the Pacific Islands nation. And go to the top of the class. Just how does one of europes smallest neighbours outperform its richer neighbours . Well, weve been to estonia to find out. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in the uk where an investigation by bbc panorama has discovered that lawyers for five of thejeffrey epsteins accusers the convicted sex offender have made a request for Prince Andrew to give evidence in their court cases. The five women allege that the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests behaved at a number of his homes, as Darragh Macintyre reports. The allegations made by Virginia Giuffre about Prince Andrew have raised questions that wont go away. The lawyer for five ofjeffrey epsteins accusers says he wants Prince Andrew to testify as a witness in their court cases. The women say the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests were g
Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news hardtalk. drumming patients are dying, people are dying, the Current Situation in the Healthcare System in zimbabwe is collapsed. Zimbabwe was for so many years defined by Robert Mugabe and a struggle for independence. Now hes gone. But this country has yet to emerge from his shadow. Should do do you trust president mnangagwa to make things better . Crowd no theres nojobs, theres no money, theres no food stamps. Millions of zimbabweans go to bed hungry, dependent on handouts for survival. This country is on the brink of catastrophe. Who or what will save it . More than half a Million People living mba re, a sprawling slum on the outskirts of harare. This is where zimbabweans come to escape crushing rural poverty. Many find themselves in a different sort of trap. In the last month it has been difficult to obtain cash. 27 year old richard fanne is desperate to find a way out. Is it almost impossible to find a full time, properjob . Its
It gives me great pleasure to the death as they try to tackle Climate Change. To declare open this 25th session. And top of the class. Just how does one of europes smallest nations outperform so here in madrid, as the annual un its richer neighbours . Weve been to estonia to find out. Talks on Climate Change get under way, one of the loudest demands is from the countries most vulnerable to those bigger storms. We worry about our livelihoods. We worry about the future generations. We worry about our country. We exist as people. We in the small islands, we exist as people. We have our cultures, we have our families, we have our livelihoods, and we face extinction. You cant get away from that. Good morning. And its not a nice it is 9 00am in singapore and 1 00am in the uk. Thought, its scary. An investigation by bbc panorama has all the time, the gases that discovered that lawyers for five of the accusers ofjeffrey epstein, the convicted sex offender, are heating up the atmosphere have ma