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11 quotes by Esther Duflo

Esther Duflo (French:  ; born October 25, 1972) is a French economist, Co-Founder and Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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 for Economic and Policy...
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I don't go to the beach. There is no value in going to the beach. If I did go I would probably read economics books.

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The poor get bored the same as the rest of us. Their happiness might be as important to them as their health.

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The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested.

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The logic is that when you provide schools or any social service to people, they have no choice. They have to take what you give them, because they... →

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I've never had a TV in my whole life. Television passed by me.

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In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!

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For millions of girls around the world, motherhood comes too early. Those who bear children as adolescents suffer higher maternal mortality and... →

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What is lacking in India are decent social services. The health service is a disaster. Education is a disaster.

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Giving more to women will, to some extent, come at the expense of men. People sometimes try to sweep that under the rug by saying you will create so... →

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Part of me always wanted to do something useful for the world. It came from my mother. She is a paediatrician and she was active in a small NGO for... →

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Paternalism is everywhere in our lives. We have to immunise our children unless we are upset about it. In India, it is the opposite. It is possible... →

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