Abhijit Banerjee (Nobel Laureate)

Abhijit Banerjee is an economist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his work on understanding and addressing poverty. He studies how people in developing countries make economic decisions and tests solutions through real-world experiments. His research helps identify effective strategies to improve living conditions, education, and healthcare for the poor. Along with colleagues, he co-founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), which promotes evidence-based policies worldwide to reduce poverty. His work emphasizes that small, targeted interventions can make a significant difference in helping the world’s most vulnerable populations.