Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the department of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.
"If the mission is possible, we have the resources, and we know what works, why are we off track, and what should we do to achieve SDG1?" Shameran Abed from BRAC and economist Esther Duflo answer in this opinion article.