2019 Nobel Prize Winners
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Dear IPA partners, supporters, researchers, and friends,
Yesterday, IPA-affiliates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer were named co-winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
We want to congratulate Abhijit, Esther (yes, Annie's sister!), and Michael on this well-deserved accolade. They were the early pioneers of randomized evaluations in the field of development—bringing rigor into the sector and inspiring hundreds, if not thousands, of others to continue in their path. Esther & Abhijit were also Dean's PhD advisors and founding board members of IPA, and along with the large network of researchers they have created, these Nobel laureates have generated evidence that has benefitted millions of people living in poverty. We are so proud to have supported this movement.
We are also proud of and thankful for the thousands of staff (past and present) and the hundreds of researchers and partners who continue to make this work possible. They have brought both compassion to their work fighting poverty and passion in using strong rigorous tools to learn how best to do it.
The Nobel committee described the Laureates' contribution as transformative for the field:
2019 Nobel Prize Economics Announcement Tweet
Esther is the youngest person and the second woman to receive the Nobel in economics.
2019 Nobel Prize Economics Esther Duflo Quote
The whole IPA & J-PAL extended community has been alive with congratulatory Tweets, WhatsApp messages, and emails. We share a few below.
We hope you will join us in this celebration of their amazing contributions to the field of economics, but most importantly to improving millions of lives.
Warm wishes,
Annie Duflo & Dean Karlan
Executive Director & Founder, IPA
Johannes Haushofer Tweet IPA Kenya Celebrates
Caitlin Tulloch Tweet IPA Kenya Celebrates 2019 Nobel Prize Economics
Dean Karlan Tweet Congratulations 2019 Nobel Prize Economics
Chris Udry Tweet Congratulations 2019 Nobel Prize Economics
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Email us at contact@poverty-action.org.
The Nobel Prize
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The research conducted by the 2019 Economic Sciences Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research.
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5:49 AM · Oct 14, 2019·Twitter Web App
The Nobel Prize
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'Showing that it is possible for a woman to succeed and be recognised for success I hope is going to inspire many, many other women to continue working and many other men to give them the respect they deserve.'
- Esther Duflo at today's press conference announcing her prize.
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Johannes Haushofer
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My favorite thing today is a WhatsApp group of 55 Kenyans-and-hangers-on who are celebrating the Nobel Prize for Abhijit, Esther, and Michael. It was created by Carol Nekesa, who has been a central figure in making randomized experiments happen in Kenya. https://flickr.com/photos/poverty-action/5508714049
Johannes Haushofer @jhaushofer
Carol is symbolic for the many researchers and staff who implement randomized experiments. The scale of these experiments, the time pressure, the sums of money involved, make this a very difficult and high-stakes task.
Dean Karlan
@deankarlan
Wow wow wow. Thank you Abhijit, Esther & Michael for all you have done for economics and the world!!! And thank you to the thousands (!) of dedicated people at @poverty_action and @JPAL who have made this possible!!
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The Nobel Prize
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· Oct 14
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
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11:14 AM · Oct 14, 2019·Twitter Web App
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Christopher Udry
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Yea! The world is a better place because of these three. Unsurprised but delighted by this. Their work sparkles with originality, and sets an appropriately high standard for rigor. They've built institutions so that many others can follow.
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