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Sweden-Nobel Prize/Economics
Stockholm, Sweden - Oct 14, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of press conference in progress
2. Photo showing 2019 Nobel Prize laureates in Economic Sciences
3. Various of press conference in progress
4. Camera crew
5. Various of press conference in progress
6. Camera crew
7. Various of press conference in progress
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.
Banerjee, born 1961 in Mumbai, India, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Duflo, born 1972 in Paris, France, is also a professor at MIT. She is the youngest person ever and only the second woman to receive the economics prize. Kremer, born 1964, is a professor at Harvard University in the United States.
According to a press release in Stockholm, the research conducted by this year's Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty.
In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research, said the press release.
The prize amount is nine million Swedish krona (about 910,000 U.S. dollars), and it will be shared equally among the Laureates.
Sweden-Nobel Prize/Economics
Dateline : Oct 14, 2019
Location : Sweden
Duration : 1'11
Stockholm, Sweden - Oct 14, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of press conference in progress
2. Photo showing 2019 Nobel Prize laureates in Economic Sciences
3. Various of press conference in progress
4. Camera crew
5. Various of press conference in progress
6. Camera crew
7. Various of press conference in progress
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.
Banerjee, born 1961 in Mumbai, India, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Duflo, born 1972 in Paris, France, is also a professor at MIT. She is the youngest person ever and only the second woman to receive the economics prize. Kremer, born 1964, is a professor at Harvard University in the United States.
According to a press release in Stockholm, the research conducted by this year's Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty.
In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research, said the press release.
The prize amount is nine million Swedish krona (about 910,000 U.S. dollars), and it will be shared equally among the Laureates.
ID : 8124435
Published : 2019-10-15 11:02
Last Modified : 2019-10-15 19:47:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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