Published 19:00 IST, October 14th 2019

Abhijit Banerjee wins Nobel, Mamata Banerjee congratulates him

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has congratulated to Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize for his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Reported by: Pritesh Kamath
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Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has taken to Twitter to congratulate Abhijit Banerjee for winning  bel prize in Ecomics for his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Abhijit Banerjee has won  2019 Sveriges Riksbank  Prize in Ecomic Sciences along with Esr Duflo and Michael Kremer. West Bengal Chief Minister expressed her delight on a Bengali winning prize and making nation proud.

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'Big day for every Indian'

Besides Mamata Banerjee, several or politicians including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has also extended ir greetings on achievement of Abhijit Banerjee. Arvind Kejriwal called it a big day for every Indian.

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About Abhijit Banerjee and his work leing to bel Prize

Abhijit Binayak Banerjee is an Indian American ecomist of Bengali herit. He is currently Ford Foundation International Professor of Ecomics at Massachusetts Institute of Techlogy. He is a former professor of Harward and Princeton University. While giving more details on work done by bel Prize winners, Twitter handle of bel Prize, said that research conducted by 2019 Ecomic Sciences Laureates has considerably improved  ability to fight global poverty. In just two deces, ir new experiment-based approach has transformed development ecomics, which is w a flourishing field of research.

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bel Prize Twitter handle appended that this year’s Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about best ways to fight global poverty by dividing issue into smaller, more manable questions – for example, most effective interventions for improving child health.

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