Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences Awarded for Work in Reducing Poverty
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Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences
Awarded for Work in Reducing Poverty The Nobel Committee awarded
the prize to three economists:
Abhijit Banarjee, Esther Duflo
and Michael Kremer. Göran K. Hansson, Nobel Academy Secretary General, via NPR News The Nobel academy highlighted
the economists efforts in chunking
down issues of global poverty into
smaller, more manageable questions. Esther Duflo is the youngest
person and the second
woman to win the
prize in economics. She teaches at MIT
with Abhijit Banarjee.
The two are married. Michael Kremer is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He is a professor at Harvard University. The three recipients will split
the $915,300 monetary award.
Awarded for Work in Reducing Poverty The Nobel Committee awarded
the prize to three economists:
Abhijit Banarjee, Esther Duflo
and Michael Kremer. Göran K. Hansson, Nobel Academy Secretary General, via NPR News The Nobel academy highlighted
the economists efforts in chunking
down issues of global poverty into
smaller, more manageable questions. Esther Duflo is the youngest
person and the second
woman to win the
prize in economics. She teaches at MIT
with Abhijit Banarjee.
The two are married. Michael Kremer is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He is a professor at Harvard University. The three recipients will split
the $915,300 monetary award.