Intro Blog 1: Why This Blog Series.

A Lifetime in Poverty Reduction For more than half a century, my life and work have been intertwined with one central question: how do we actually reduce poverty? I have seen poverty not as an abstract number in an economist’s table but as a daily struggle for millions of families—for food, for dignity, for opportunity. …

Reducing Poverty: Tamil Nadu, India Leads the Way

Economists over the years have been grappling with different models of economic development for reducing poverty, focusing on one over the other. Tamil Nadu, one of India’s states, which is larger than several countries in both geographic and population aspects, has been making significant strides in reducing poverty throughout the state. In this blog, I …