"Abhijit said, 'I'm going back to sleep.'" Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee recall how they discovered they had been awarded the 2019 prize in economic sciences - at 5am in the morning. Which economist(s) will be receiving the call this year? | Nobel Prize

Watch 2019 economic sciences laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo talk about the importance of experiencing life in developing countries – not only the challenges, but also the beauty. Their innovative research, based on field experiments, has developed new approaches to alleviating global poverty. #EndPoverty | Nobel Prize

"People live in very different circumstances - and that of course has implications on what they can achieve and what they do with their lives - but at heart we have the same type of strength as human beings." Watch our interview with economist Esther Duflo where we talk about how to increase the number of female economists, how economics and sustainability correlate and how India became her second home. In 2019 Esther Duflo was awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for her work fighting poverty

Efficient, organised, generous, smart, an excellent cook! When we asked 2019 Economic Science Laureates, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee to describe each other, what did they say? Watch the full interview with the married couple who were awarded the Prize in Economics Sciences “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” alongside Michael Kremer. | Nobel Prize