Abhijit V. Banerjee
5 books
About the Author
Abhijit V. Banerjee is a renowned economist and academic, best known for his groundbreaking work on poverty alleviation and development economics. As the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT, Banerjee has dedicated his career to understanding the root causes of global poverty and devising innovative, evidence-based solutions. In collaboration with his wife, Esther Duflo, he pioneered the use of randomized controlled trials to evaluate anti-poverty interventions, revolutionizing the field. Their seminal book, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, draws on extensive field research to challenge conventional wisdom and propose practical strategies for empowering the world's poorest populations. Banerjee's rigorous yet accessible approach has earned him widespread acclaim, including the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019, underscoring his profound impact on policy and scholarship worldwide.
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rigorous
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evidence-based
Books by Abhijit V. Banerjee
