Events

Keynote Lecture by Abhijit Banerjee

Rethinking poverty

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the Keynote Lecture on 16 November 2026 at 7.00 pm, entitled Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, to mark the publication of his book Rethinking Poverty: A Radical Shift in the Fight against Global Inequality, published by Taurus.

Against a backdrop of economic transformation, inequality and development challenges, Banerjee will reflect on the need to rethink traditional approaches to tackling major economic and social challenges. Drawing on his research, which combines economic analysis with field experiments, he will explore how empirical evidence can help us better understand the causes of poverty and design more effective public policies.

Abhijit Banerjee He is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Lemann Foundation Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich. He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University and, in 2003, co-founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) alongside Esther Duflo and Sendhil Mullainathan; he is the lab’s director.

In 2019, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics, shared with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, for his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society. He was also a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Author of numerous academic articles and books, his works include, amongst others, Rethinking poverty y A sound economy for difficult times, co-authored with Esther Duflo. Their research has played a decisive role in transforming development economics and promoting the rigorous evaluation of public policies.

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