Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT and a founder and director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Duflo is an NBER Research Associate, serves on the board of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and is Director of the Center of Economic Policy Research’s development economics program. The Economist lists Duflo as one of the top 8 young economists in the world.

Sponsored by the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.

The lecture is free of charge and open to the campus community.