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  2. Esther Duflo - Wikipedia

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    Esther Duflo, FBA ( French: [dyflo]; born 25 October 1972) is a French-American economist [ 1] currently serving as the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [ 2] In 2019, she was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside ...

  3. Poor Economics - Wikipedia

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    978-1-58648-798-0. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) is a non-fiction book by Abhijit V. Banerjee [ 1] and Esther Duflo, [ 2] both professors of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates. The book reports on the effectiveness of ...

  4. More Than Good Intentions - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-0-525-95189-6. More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty is a non-fiction book by Yale economist Dean Karlan and economist Jacob Appel published in 2011. It combines insights from behavioral economics with field research from developing countries to discuss and evaluate international development ...

  5. Sustainable Development Goal 1 - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable Development Goal 1 ( SDG 1 or Global Goal 1 ), one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015, calls for the end of poverty in all forms. The official wording is: "No Poverty". [ 1] Member countries have pledged to "Leave No One Behind": underlying the goal is a "powerful commitment to leave no ...

  6. Foster–Greer–Thorbecke indices - Wikipedia

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    The Foster–Greer–Thorbecke indices are a family of poverty metrics. The most commonly used index from the family, FGT2, puts higher weight on the poverty of the poorest individuals, making it a combined measure of poverty and income inequality and a popular choice within development economics. The indices were introduced in a 1984 paper by ...

  7. Loïc Wacquant - Wikipedia

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    Wacquant is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Law and Society, the Global Metropolitan Studies Program, the Institute of Governmental Studies, and the Center for Ethnographic Research. He is also a research associate at the Centre européen de sociologie ...

  8. Max Roser - Wikipedia

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    Max Roser. Max Roser (born 1983) is an economist and philosopher who focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Roser is professor at the University of Oxford where he directs the program on global development, based at the Oxford Martin School. [ 3]

  9. Brazil's Lula kicks off global effort to end hunger and poverty

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    Marcela Ayres. July 24, 2024 at 1:04 PM. By Marcela Ayres. RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off a global effort on Wednesday to end hunger and extreme ...