Esther Duflo
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Esther Duflo
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019
Born: 25 October 1972, Paris, France
Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
Prize share: 1/3
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Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.
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