True True 1 1 1 10 True False False Eliana La Ferrara Load More Cross-sector | Podcast Eliana La Ferrara on Social Norms and Development A functioning economy provides people with access to credit, insurance, and, among other things, investment opportunities. But what happens in poor communities where they are landless and have no wealth? Eliana La Ferrara says the social structure within those communities offers the collateral they need to make the economy work. La Ferrara is an award-winning economist and a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Eliana La Ferrara See Also Magazine Archives Country Focus Blogs