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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Esther Duflo earned her PhD in economics from MIT.

Research Interests: Antipoverty research, evidence-based policy, and development economics.

Appointments: Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT; Co-Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

Awards: Co-recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer).

Publications: Author of Good Economics for Hard Times and numerous articles on poverty alleviation and development economics. Developed the MicroMasters Program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP).

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