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Field Experiments and the Fight Against Global Poverty (Nobel Lecture)

Esther DufloNobel LaureateMIT

Abdul Latif Jameel Professor & Nobel Laureate in Economics

35:00·2019·introductory level·Public Colloquium
Path step 6: Applies randomized field trials to test concrete anti-poverty interventions at scale.

Shows how randomized field evaluations transform development economics from sweeping ideological debates into cumulative empirical engineering.

After a short introduction, the lecture begins at 1:45. Field experiments and the practice of policy.

The Prize Lectures in Economic Sciences were held on Sunday 8 December 2019, at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.

Source: Nobel Prize via YouTubeWatch on YouTube

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