2019 Nobel Prize in Economics

On 14 October, 2019 the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for 2019 (Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences) was jointly awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, for ‘their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.’ Banerjee and Duflo are from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Michael Kremer is from the Harvard University.

About their Work

  • This year’s laureates have introduced a new approach to obtain reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty.
  • They received the award for their contribution to reviving development economics, particularly through the popularisation of “randomised control trials” that break larger questions ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Buy December 2019 Issue

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Related Content

Reports & Indices