The Nobel Prize in Economics went to only the 2nd woman ever in 2019, and she and her co-honorees are helping the world's poorest people. In partnership with UBS NobelPerspectives
Esther Duflo is only the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. Duflo was honored along with her husband and MIT colleague Abhijit Banerjee and Harvard's Michael Kremer for their work on poverty. This year's honorees were also notable as their work focuses on developmental economics and the poor — topics not typically recognized by global prize committees — and by their methodology of using randomized controlled trials.
Esther Duflo is only the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. Duflo was honored along with her husband and MIT colleague Abhijit Banerjee and Harvard's Michael Kremer for their work on poverty. This year's honorees were also notable as their work focuses on developmental economics and the poor — topics not typically recognized by global prize committees — and by their methodology of using randomized controlled trials.
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