This year, the Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three pioneers in the fight against pov

This year, the Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three pioneers in the fight against poverty: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer (not pictured). Duflo is the youngest person and only the second woman ever to win the prize. Read more about their work at this link.
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