Esther Duflo — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
Serves as the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), an MIT-based research center.
Co-author of "Poor Economics" (2011) and "Good Economics for Hard Times" (2019).
President of the Paris School of Economics since 2024.
Board member of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).

Biography

Esther Duflo is a French-American economist and the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2019, she was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, alongside Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.