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Why Spending Smarter Beats Bigger Budgets | Karthik Muralidharan | TED

Billions of dollars are poured into global development every year, but results are lacking, says economist Karthik Muralidharan. Diving into an example with public education, he outlines how smarter resource allocation and evidence-based interventions, like learning software that dynamically responds to students and teaches at the level that’s right for them, can accelerate global development…

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Billions of dollars are poured into global development every year, but results are lacking, says economist Karthik Muralidharan. Diving into an example with public education, he outlines how smarter resource allocation and evidence-based interventions, like learning software that dynamically responds to students and teaches at the level that’s right for them, can accelerate global development worldwide — not by spending more, but by spending smarter. (Recorded at TED2024 on April 16, 2024)

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33 Comments

  1. @ibnmustary

    November 15, 2024 at 7:01 am

    first

  2. @AzamxonRaxmatullaxonov-hx5bw

    November 15, 2024 at 7:03 am

    First from Uzbekistan

    • @ШахзоджонИсламов

      November 15, 2024 at 9:25 pm

      Sure?

  3. @sooma-ai

    November 15, 2024 at 7:06 am

    Economist Karthik Muralidharan argues that smarter resource allocation in education, not increased spending, can improve global learning outcomes. He highlights evidence-based interventions like personalized learning software and remedial tutoring programs that offer 10x returns on investment.

  4. @PrajwalDSouza

    November 15, 2024 at 7:13 am

    Have you considered video games? Video games as assignments?

  5. @jimmock1155

    November 15, 2024 at 7:25 am

    He freaked me out ! Haha! As a common working guy, and a parent, this tugs at my heart. Godspeed to this man and others who work with children.

  6. @DMaintain

    November 15, 2024 at 7:31 am

    ❤ Heavenly Father I pray that you keep the person reading this alive, safe, healthy and financially blessed. Amen ????????

    • @whanethewhip

      November 15, 2024 at 7:01 pm

      Yeah, I’m sure Odin is on Youtube reading your posts to determine who gets to live and be rich. ????

  7. @LordDragox412

    November 15, 2024 at 7:33 am

    Meanwhile US: We’re cutting all federal education budget and closing the department of education. Now THAT is smart spending. /s

    • @iloveyoumadhuri

      November 15, 2024 at 1:41 pm

      The new pledge of allegiance should just be renamed “I Don’t Need No School.”

    • @karlzimmer683

      November 19, 2024 at 9:24 pm

      The GOP race to the bottom.

  8. @poe_more_please

    November 15, 2024 at 7:41 am

    Recorded in April.
    Bro was optimistic about our future

  9. @canyon12alex

    November 15, 2024 at 9:40 am

    States issues; shut down the bloated Department of Education now! Teachers unions are a bane to real education.

    • @wordplaytjay

      November 16, 2024 at 9:04 pm

      no

  10. @rajdivecha

    November 15, 2024 at 2:20 pm

    In a nutshell : a chain is as strong as its weakest link, as such, strength those to be successful. That is, uplift a struggling student or a poor person and you will automatically uplift your economy!

  11. @KeyserTheRedBeard

    November 15, 2024 at 4:35 pm

    Incredible video, TED. Looking forward to your next upload. I smashed that thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the fantastic work! Your insights on optimizing public spending for better educational outcomes are truly thought-provoking. How do you suggest we encourage governments to prioritize evidence-based interventions over traditional but ineffective spending?

  12. @whanethewhip

    November 15, 2024 at 7:00 pm

    When wise spending is considered “unintuitive” in a Ted Talk then rest assured that you live in the infleshment of the movie Idiocracy.

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  14. @sarasvati_3

    November 16, 2024 at 3:58 am

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    • @sarasvati_3

      November 16, 2024 at 3:58 am

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    November 16, 2024 at 3:59 am

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  16. @beminchin22

    November 16, 2024 at 11:38 am

    This is, hands down, the WORST take on education I’ve ever come across. 10 yrs of teaching, thought I’d heard most of it all now.

    • @WayneJordan-kk5ih

      November 16, 2024 at 5:18 pm

      Generally, when you shutdown a person with a PhD, you give reasons why. Literally, educate the public on your logic. Otherwise, you look like someone who is a teacher’s aid pretending to be a teacher who wants 5 minutes of fame

    • @beminchin22

      November 17, 2024 at 3:15 am

      @ I’ve been posting videos, near daily, for 4 years across 4 platforms. Plenty of people with PHDs wholly unsuited to teaching and ill equipped to discuss what makes an impact in the classroom

  17. @momentofinertiacompany

    November 16, 2024 at 3:08 pm

    I am following from Liberia, West Africa. The prof. is good. I love the Hindi illustrations.

  18. @jaysire

    November 16, 2024 at 4:14 pm

    Best Ted talker I’ve seen so far. Bravo!

  19. @PulkitRana_1169

    November 17, 2024 at 11:28 pm

    ???????? INDIA WALE LIKE KARA

  20. @abbiewood2769

    November 18, 2024 at 6:31 am

    As an educator, I feel like it’s important to note that many educators want to go back and fill in the holes and slow down the education for that child but every time I’ve seen an educator try, we get scolded by our administration and get told to stick to the curriculum and small group will pull them and fill in the holes. I completely agree that they shouldn’t be trying to learn multiplication when they can’t even count to 100, but that is not the educators fault. The system needs to focus on letting teachers do what teachers do best (differentiation) instead of trying to put every child into a one size fits all curriculum.

  21. @StopandAct

    November 18, 2024 at 7:26 am

    This is actually step 2 the step 1 would be to build schools because in most developing countries more than 20 30% of the population is illiterate for the sole reason that there arent enough schools.

  22. @THEHRSCOOP

    November 19, 2024 at 1:26 am

    impressive statics

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