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How Nobel economics winners use science to target poverty
Randomised testing can dive into the micro-economics of why some groups and nations are worse off than others
Richard HoldenEconomics professorThis year’s Nobel Prize in Economic was awarded jointly to Abhijit Banerjee (from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Esther Duflo (also from MIT) and Michael Kremer (from Harvard University) “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
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Richard Holden is professor of economics at UNSW Business School. Connect with Richard on Twitter.
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