Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureate
Honored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention
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Honored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention
Speakers and attendees from around world convene online to share lessons learned on the path to 'scaling-up' products and services for global social impact.
EdX takes stock of last semester’s MITx courses; data will be used to improve education online and in the classroom.
Study: People willing to pay more for running water report much higher levels of happiness when they have it.
MIT development economist nominated for presidential policy council.
Study: The presence of female politicians boosts aspirations, educational achievement of young women.
In Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo open a window into the lives of the world’s poorest people, and suggest new remedies to combat poverty.
Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
How MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Kristin Forbes is helping to improve school participation in developing countries for just pennies per child
MIT’s influential poverty researcher heralded as best economist under age 40.
MIT field experiment asks: What happens when people gain the ability to govern themselves?
MacArthur Foundation "genius" Esther Duflo, PhD '99, field-tests aid programs to find out which ones work-and why.