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World Bank names Nobel laureate Michael Kremer as next chief economistMichael Kremer, the distinguished Nobel laureate, is set to assume the role of chief economist at the World Bank. With a robust background ...
Trump's tech ties blamed for AI inaction by MAGA Republicans and DemocratsConcerns are rising over President Trump's administration's limited AI response. This follows recent AI agent security breaches by OpenAI a...
Nobel-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee to leave US for ZurichUS-based Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will soon join the University of Zurich, where they will establish a new centre ...
Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it's his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the leadAmy Kremer, a Trump supporter, gains influence in the Republican National Committee. Joe Gruters, another Trump backer, becomes the new par...
Nobel Prize ceremony: Abhijit Banerjee sticks to Bengali roots in a dhoti, Esther Duflow stuns in sareeThe duo added a desi twist to their choice of attire.
Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pmSoon after the House met for the day, Left and other opposition party members raised the two issues. Around 100 JNU students were detained ...
View: Development economists who go small have a pointPritchett reasons that the only thing that really alleviates a nation’s poverty on a significant scale is economic growth.
View: How randomised control trials have indeed been an effective tool for development economicsAn RCT randomly allocates volunteers to, say, two groups. One is treated with the drug in question, the other with a placebo. There are ove...
View: Experimental economics not perfect but has potentialRCT, a new field, can make useful predictions and can help discover not "what works", but "why things work".
View: The much talked-about randomised controlled trials are more sinned against than sinningRCTs, by creating treatment (those who get the development programme) and control groups (those who don’t), create further ethical problems...
Banerjee, Duflo in Rajasthan research paper: Better transfers, time off work can improve police performanceThe husband-wife duo had co-authored a working paper on ‘Improving police performance in Rajasthan’, following a study conducted at 162 out...
Coffee Board to expand krishi taranga service to more farmersThe team of precision agriculture department has been working with Coffee Board of India to address the needs of the coffee farmers.
Abhijit Banerjee, the economist who warned India of note ban painBanerjee was also one of the advisors to Congress on the ambitious NYAY scheme, proposed ahead of 2019 polls.
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win Nobel in EconomicsIndian-American Abhijit Banerjee, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, won the 2019 economics Nobel for their work on finding new wa...
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, others for winning NobelBanerjee shared the award with his French-American wife Esther Duflo and another American economist Michael Kremer
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win 2019 Nobel Economics Prize"This year's Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty," the acade...
Nobel winners Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo worked with Bandhan for anti- poverty programmeThe theory behind the programme was that the poor are trapped in extreme poverty, due to lack of assets and inability to use financial inte...