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Can economics be of the people, for the people and by the people?
Sound theories are essential as they provide stable base for policymaking, but the process is too long-drawn and takes away objectivity
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Poverty biggest problem in the world, says Abhijit Banerjee's mother
Although Abhijit likes to focus on data and has a passion for mathematics, which Nirmala puts it, is logic explained in theories, the Nobel laureate has a liking to associate with people
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Bandhan's anti-poverty scheme that caught Abhijit Banerjee's attention
Bandhan Bank's Targetting Hard Core Poor (THP) programme, aimed at alleviating poverty, is likely to get a boost with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo winning the Nobel Prize in Economics
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Do the winners of 2019 economics Nobel focus too much on micro welfare?
Immigration and growth would help more than addressing the winners' 'manageable questions.'
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In backdrop of Economics Nobel announcement, letter panning RCT surfaces
15 economists, including past Nobel laureates say relying on RCTs to guide welfare and aid spending will lead to short-term, superficial and misplaced policies
Why Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer were chosen for 2019 Economics Nobel
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of the MIT, and Micheal Kremer of Harvard University, have been awarded for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
Economics Nobel celebrates laureates for asking the right questions
The Nobel Prize just awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer is the second in five years to be won by development economists
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'Delighted', Manmohan Singh congratulates Abhijeet Banerjee on Nobel win
Amartya Sen was the first Indian economist to win the Nobel Prize in 1998
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Hope NYAY which Banerjee helped conceptualize becomes reality: Priyanka
On Monday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had also hailed Banerjee for winning the Nobel
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Economics is changing: A Nobel for 3 pragmatic poverty-fighters shows that
A popular conception of economists is that they're the high priests of the free market, downplaying the role of government and giving short shrift to the needs of society's poorest
The Abhijit Banerjee I knew, and the geometry problem he gave me
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting poverty.
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In economics of helping the poor, Abhijit Banerjee gives clear answers
Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer together have launched a movement within development economics
A prize for evidence-based policy
Econ Nobelists transformed policy evaluation
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Abhijit Banerjee hailed across political lines for Nobel Economics Prize
"Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee ... He has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation," PM Modi said in a Tweet
Indian economy on a shaky ground, says Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
"In the last five-six years, at least we could witness some growth, but now that assurance is also gone," Banerjee told a news channel from the US
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Abhijit Banerjee joins Tagore, Raman in India's club of Nobel Prize winners
Born in Mumbai, the 58-year-old economist is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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