revolution so they are less to do flow who is a french economist she works at the massachusetts institute of technology also abit bana g. who is instantly a city flows husband also works at the massachusetts i know he's from mumbai so an indian never laureate which we haven't had many of certainly not in economics normally they tend to be from the united states and the 3rd person in inevitably is michael kramer who is at harvard university and all 3 of them have been working on as you mentioned alleviating poverty now there's a phrase that the nobel laureate used the nobel committee as was being a what if that experimental approach to alleviate what is the evolved yeah so the key word there is experimental what these 3 have pioneered is going to areas of great poverty in the world around 700000000 people in extreme poverty around the globe and carrying out experiments there to work out directly what the effects of public policy actually have on those people and from that we would not go in models some theoretical thing but to actually go to go there and find out what it's like yeah they said that their

experimental work in alleviating global poverty bannerjee and to do floor where at massachusetts institute of technology and screamo works at harvard in the united states the economics prize is technically not a nobel prize as such it was 1st of order in 1969 by the swedish central bank as an add on to the other nobel prizes economics prize wraps up a noble cease and that so far had only seen one female laureates. and that's changed but not it was my colleague rob watts soon who kindly joins me in the studio to tell us a little bit more 1st of all about those 3 winners what did they do yes to flow which is bunny g. and michael kramer have all been awarded for what it was phrased as as their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty the key phrase there is experimental approach because what this trio have done that others in the field have not done is carry out field experiments with some of the 700. 1000000 people worldwide who are living in extreme poverty they've gone to these different parts of the world and done experiments to see direct plea how public policy affects those people so try t

that do flow both from mit the massachusetts institute of technology and american michael kramer is from harvard university who for also became the 2nd woman to win the prestigious prize in economics. plenty more online of course al-jazeera dot com for the latest headlines when everyone. let's take you to the headlines now on al jazeera turkish troops and their syrian allies are advancing on the kurdish held city of man bridge there are reports that a small detachment of syrian soldiers have now into the city all of this just hours after president reject typer one warned the offensive would intensify the use of foreign policy chief is also condemned turkey's advance their conclusions we call for a ministerial meeting. of the global coalition because we see as one of the most immediate consequences of this military to it is in the northeast of syria the fact that could really find its briefing space inside that territory that worries us and normally this is a direct security threat to the european union not only to the european union 1st and foremost to the region and the international co

objects about energy and his french american wife has started to flow are from the massachusetts institute of technology michael kraemer is from harvard university those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera the occupation of the american mind is coming up next they with us. if you fit if. 2014 israel launched a devastating military attack on the gaza strip. over the course of $51.00 days it's ready to drop $20000.00 tons of explosives so that densely populated area the size of the. killing over 2000 palestinians moving tens of thousands more. the overwhelming majority of these casualties were civilians. being bombarded from the sea and israel launched at least $160.00 strikes on the gaza strip. and there's one less hospital in gaza now. today a latin hospital. the sheer scale of the attacks boat outrage and condemnation around the world israel's month long pounding of gaza shocked many people around the world mass demonstrations have been held in many of the world's major cities. but in the united states the story was different polls showed the american people holding firm in their support for israel

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and his french american wife esther do flow from the massachusetts institute of technology michael kramer is from harvard university as to the flow is only the 2nd woman to win the prestigious prize. peace talks are being held between sudan's transitional government and armed groups being clued fighters accused of genocide in the darfur region but reports from by allah in south darfor son who fled the fighting a skeptical about what these latest talks can achieve. tiredness is not just. us but also her 3 children she fled fighting 17 years ago to live here in a camp in south dar for and says the past 3 years have been the hardest. life during the camp is different from life outside here there's a lot of suffering outside things are available here like many things we lack enough food there's shortage of water we have to go out searching for basic needs. is one of the largest displacement camps in the darfur region home to more than 150000 people many arrived when the world began in 2003 between government forces and rebel groups fighting against marginalisation the rebels accuse the sudane

was working with one of the confucius institutes on a university in massachusetts, which was not identified by name, but most likely was mit or massachusetts institute of technology. >> host: interesting. know what they might. we touched upon a number of areas, but let's go to military might. clearly, the chinese are investing in their navy and also many countries in the region have been very concerned about what they've been witnessing in terms of the island, south china sea islands disputes, but also about the investments. the significant and vestments in the military. where is it now, how would you describe his? >> guest: i touched on this a little bit earlier. the chinese military threat comes in two forms: go the convention or unconventional warfare. and basically, they have developed an array of new weapons systems. i can remember covering way back many years ago that the chinese through a spy case in california stole details on the agent's battle management system, which is a huge radar that is at the heart of the modern navy, and they stole that. they combined it with chinese and russian to allergy, and now they are cranking out hundreds of agents and war

economists are are married and both worked at the massachusetts institute of technology. ichael kremer is a researcher at harvard. the noble committee is recognizing them further work on reducing the massive problem of global poverty by focusing on targeted experiences experiments that would lead to specific policy initiatives. as a direct result of their work, 5 million indian ñbenefited from remedial tutoring and schools for 46- year-old woman is the youngest person ever and only the second woman to receive the economics prize. >>> tapes but continues to struggle to launch leverage digital currency with more financial partners dropping out. on facebook announced libra into the company said the plan to grow membership from 27 partner companies to over 120 20 when it plans to launch libra. the association membership has fallen to 22 companies after the exit of big names such as visa, mastercard, ebay, and paypal. the product is his criticism from lawmakers thing it could open the door to more privacy issues and even money laundering. >>> we could find it what is next this

official was working with one of the confucius institutes on university up in massachusetts which it's not identified but most likely was mit or massachusetts institute of technology. speak. >> military might, we've touched upon the number of areas but let's go to military rights. clearly the chinese are investing in their navy. and also many countries in the region have been very concerned about what they've been witnessing in terms of the island of south china sea, the dispute but also about the investments in significant investment in the military. where is it out. and how would you describe it. >> i just on this a little bit earlier in the chinese military threat comes in two forms. the conventional/unconventional warfare and the nuclear. >> and you admission the nuclear right. civic right. basically they have developed an array of new weapon systems. i can remember covering way back many years ago, that the chinese through a spy case in california stool details on the battle management system which is the huge phase array radar that is at the heart of our modern navy and a select. they combined it with chinese and russian technology and now, they're cranking

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poverty indian born vanity and his french american wife to do flow from the mit the massachusetts institute of technologyin the american michael kramer is from harvard the 1st become the 2nd woman to win the prestigious prize for economics. coming up. with andy on the houston astros to hold back on the series against the new york yankees the latest from the major league baseball postseason. thanks. andy is here with your sports. politics. officially it doesn't mix it always does that is the stuff of life but several leading french politicians have called for monday's euro 2020 qualifier between france and turkey to be called off it follows images of that same performing a military salute after turkey scored an injury time winner against albania last friday european football's governing body why for dozens of allow political gestures and are investigating the incident in light of the country's recent military offensive into syria the turkish court now preparing for the next match against world against the world champions in paris with thousands of turkish fans expected to attend. to you love them but terr

the do flow from the massachusetts institute of technology mit and american michael kramer is from harvard the floor has become the 2nd woman to win the prestigious prize for economics. let's take it to the headlines here on al-jazeera turkish troops and their syrian allies are advancing on the kurdish held city of mann bridge this is just hours after president reject typer one warned the offensive would intensify syrian government troops appear to be positioning themselves for a possible confrontation with turkish forces in whether you use foreign policy chief has condemned turkey's advance into syria and raised concerns about the rise of i saw influence in the region their conclusions we called for a ministerial meeting. of the global coalition because we see as one of the most immediate consequences of this military to it is in the northeast of syria the fact that. refined its briefing space inside that territory that worries us and normally this is i doubt it security threat to the european union not only to the european union 1st and foremost to the region and the international commun

experimental work in alleviating global poverty better g and 2 for those who work at massachusetts into to institute of technology and cramer works at harvard in the united states the economics prize is technically not a nobel prize as such it was 1st awarded back in 1969 by the sweetest central bank as an add on to other nobel prizes the economics prize wraps up a noble season that has so far seen only one female. rob watts from day to be business joins us now to tell us a little bit more to tell us 1st of all about the trio of winners what exactly is that work about so the phrase that was used by the committee they gave in this award is they're being awarded for their experimental approach to alleviating poverty so what these 3 have done that other economists weren't doing before them is to actually go to areas in the world where there is extreme poverty there is something like 700000000 people living in extreme poverty or around the globe and carry out experiments that so that the policies that come from those experiments actually relate to some scientific evidence and that's the really the key to what they've

official is working with one of the confucius institute on the university in massachusetts which was not identified by name but most likely was in the institute of technology. >> host: let's go to military might. the chinese are investing in their navy and also many countries in the region have been very concerned about what they've been witnessing in terms of the south china sea, i land disputes and also about the investment, the significant investment in the military. where is it now how would you describe? >> guest: i touched on this a little bit. it comes in two forms. the conventional unconventional warfare. >> host: and you did mention the nuclear. >> guest: they've developed an array of systems i can remembering covering way back years ago that there was a case in california that stole details on the agent's battle management system which is a huge radar that is the heart of our modern navy and baseball bat and combined it with chinese and russian technology and now they are cranking out hundreds of agents warships in terms of submarine behind the united states in terms of quietness and in the submarine warfare, how quiet it is this the most importa