Esther Duflo is an economist and profesor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT. She is the co-director of J-PAL and shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for 'an experimental approach in ending poverty'. Her research focuses on microeconomic issues in developing countries, including household behavior, education, access to finance, health, and policy evaluation.
You can watch her participating in a HowTheLightGetsIn conversation with MP Jesse Norman on ending inequality here.