From an Early Age, Esther Duflo Broke New Ground for Women in Economics
Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and her research seeks to understand the economic lives of the poor and to help design…