Was Live Tuesday, September 09, 2025 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, Professor of Economics at MIT, and co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab — J-PAL — at MIT
- Kiran Malhotra, co-founder of the South Asian Literary Association — SALA
Event Overview
American Community Media, in partnership with the South Asian Literary Association, is honored to present a special newsmaker briefing with Nobel Laureate Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, who will speak on the urgent need to restructure global aid to truly benefit the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Professor Banerjee was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics — alongside his wife Dr. Esther Duflo, and Dr. Michael Kremer — for pioneering the use of randomized controlled trials in development economics. He has transformed how policymakers and governments understand poverty alleviation. His groundbreaking research — from demonstrating the power of simple interventions like school-based deworming in Kenya to the effectiveness of offering free lunches in India to encourage children to attend school — has reshaped the global fight against poverty and redirected billions of dollars toward programs proven to work.
Professor Banerjee discusses why aid must focus on measurable, impactful interventions.
Presented by ACoM and SALA
Cover Image Credit: © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud, Canva Photos
