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Annie Duflo

Annie Duflo is the executive director at Innovations for Poverty Action, a nonprofit that researches and promotes solutions to global poverty problems.

Why 2016 Was Actually One of the Best Years on Record

By Annie Duflo, Jeffrey Mosenkis | January 10, 2017

World poverty continued to decline in 2016, and researchers learned more and more about how to help the poor.

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Why 2016 Was Actually One of the Best Years on Record

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