The link between Education and Learning

Vidhi Lalchand
Nov 3 · 3 min read

Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo on why the poor can’t learn

MIT J-PAL Professor Esther Duflo

I am glad I watched the 55 minute press conference clip of Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, this years Nobel prize winners in Economics (along with Michael Kremer). When asked about her hopes for education in the third-world she espoused a powerful idea that cuts to the heart of the issue. Her response was so well articulated that I think…

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Vidhi Lalchand

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Can do Math + Write Code + Write other stuff. Lives in Cambridge, UK

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