The second woman and the youngest person to be awarded the prize in economic sciences, Esther Duflo, celebrates her 50th birthday today. Duflo was born on this day in 1972. Duflo shared the 2019 prize in economic sciences with her husband Abhijit Banerjee and their colleague Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” As part of the Nobel Prize Dialogue in Singapore, Duflo recently met with young people from across the Asia Pacific to attempt to answer the que

"Abhijit said, 'I'm going back to sleep.'" Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee recall how they discovered they had been awarded the 2019 Prize in Economic Sciences - at 5am in the morning. Which economist(s) will be receiving the call this year? | Nobel Prize

Watch 2019 economic sciences laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo talk about the importance of experiencing life in developing countries – not only the challenges, but also the beauty. Their innovative research, based on field experiments, has developed new approaches to alleviating global poverty. #EndPoverty | Nobel Prize