Questioning a Popular Approach to Lasting Development (2/2) ( 本次听写约157词 )

Recheal Genester runs the . Jurmu poverty ( Abdul Latif Jameel)action lab. At the methertuser(Massachusetts) Institute of Technology, the research lab does development and poverty studies. Its goal is to improve the effetiveness (effectiveness)of MT(anti-)poverty programs in the United States and the another(other) countries. Miss Gelanester tells us that several studies by the research group's economists have proved(proven) that on(on) thesmall price changes have a big influence on the number of people who use a product, A price change will reduce the total amount of ues the product as well. she says, The economists has also found no evidence that the very act of paying for something changes how people use it. Finally, some development experts argue that pricing is useful when targeting a product among special populations. When it comes to bed nets, Miss Gelanester (Glennerster )says research shows no envidence(evidence) of this. People are just as likely to use a bed net if they pay(paid)for it or not.

译文：Rachel Glennerstern.在麻萨诸塞州管理扶贫组织研究所。这个研究所研究发展和贫困的课题。它的目标是提高在美国还有其他国家的扶贫计划的效率。
Glennerster小姐告诉我们：由小组的经济学家做的调查研究表明价格上的小差异对人们购买该商品的数量有着很大的影响。一个价格上的改变同样会减少商品的使用数量，她补充。这些经济学家还发现没有证据证明购买这一行为是如何影响人们的使用的。
最后，有的发展学家争论，当目标商品处在特殊人群中时，价格是很有用的。当提到蚊帐，Glennerster小姐说研究没有证据显示这个。人们很有可能买一个蚊帐，不管他们需不需要为此付钱。

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