Esther Duflo
b. 1972 · France · Economics
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2019
Randomised trials made development aid an experimental science.
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- Amartya Sen
1933 · Economics, Philosophy
Capability metrics motivate the outcome measures randomised trials evaluate.
- Daniel Kahneman
1934 – 2024 · Economics, Psychology
Behavioural findings shape the design of development experiments and their nudges.
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