In economics of helping the poor, Abhijit Banerjee gives clear answers

Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer together have launched a movement within development economics

The 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to three economists: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer. The first two teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the last named at Harvard University; both campuses are in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and their development economic programmes often share resources and students. They received the award for their contribution to reviving development economics, particularly through the popularisation of “randomised control trials” (RCTs) that break larger questions about policy interventions into smaller, easier to test studies.

The Nobel Committee highlighted how their “experiment-based approach has transformed development economics” over