Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

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

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

Saving Lives Saves Livelihoods
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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
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Two men greet each other by touching elbows.

Poor Countries Need to Think Twice About Social Distancing
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(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
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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
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