Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is an economics professor at Yale University, where he directs the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale.

Articles by Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

A child’s playground is closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 4.

Saving Lives Saves Livelihoods

Argument

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

March 9, 2021, 5:16 PM

A woman selects corn for the market during the government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 7.

For the Rural Poor, the Coronavirus Crash Isn’t Here Yet

Argument

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

June 8, 2020, 3:42 PM

Two men greet each other by touching elbows.

Poor Countries Need to Think Twice About Social Distancing

Argument

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Zachary Barnett-Howell

April 10, 2020, 4:23 PM

(From left) Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences Michael Kremer, Esther Duflo, and Abhijit Banerjee attend a press conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The Nobel Winners in Economics Are On the Right Track

Response

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, C. Austin Davis

December 9, 2019, 6:25 PM

People from northern Bangladesh migrate to Dhaka for work in March 2008.

Instead of Bringing Jobs to the People, Bring the People to the Jobs

The Fix

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

July 4, 2019, 9:00 AM

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