READ ALSO Study of French postmen's testicles wins international science prizeEsther Duflo, her husband Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer were the joint winners of the Nobel Economics Prize. Photo: AFPBut her age, gender and speciality - development economics - make her stand out among past recipients of the prize, who have traditionally been older, male and often American. Duflo is married to Banerjee, who was her doctorate supervisor, and both are professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is the only way, when you work on development, to get an intuitive sense of how people really live their lives." Despite witnessing at first-hand acute malnutrition and misery caused by deprivation, the media-shy academic remains optimistic, stressing that poverty is in retreat globally.

Source: The Local October 14, 2019 11:46 UTC