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A Conversation with Annie Duflo

As the Executive Director of Innovations for Poverty Action, Annie Duflo oversees a global research and policy organization that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty through agriculture, education, financial inclusion, governance, health, peace and recovery, and social protection. Working with over 600 leading academics and 1000 research staff, IPA brings researchers and decision-makers together to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine solutions to address global poverty and income inequality in over 22 countries.

Read a 2021 Wall Street Journal profile on Annie's leadership. Read article

Speakers

  • Annie Duflo, Executive Director, Innovations for Poverty Action 
  • Norberto Grzywacz, PhD, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Loyola University Chicago
  • Abol Jalilvand, PhD, Professor of Finance | Ralph Marotta Chair in Free Enterprise | Founding Director, Quinlan Series on the Future of Business Education, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

As the Executive Director of Innovations for Poverty Action, Annie Duflo oversees a global research and policy organization that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty through agriculture, education, financial inclusion, governance, health, peace and recovery, and social protection. Working with over 600 leading academics and 1000 research staff, IPA brings researchers and decision-makers together to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine solutions to address global poverty and income inequality in over 22 countries.

Read a 2021 Wall Street Journal profile on Annie's leadership. Read article

Speakers

  • Annie Duflo, Executive Director, Innovations for Poverty Action 
  • Norberto Grzywacz, PhD, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Loyola University Chicago
  • Abol Jalilvand, PhD, Professor of Finance | Ralph Marotta Chair in Free Enterprise | Founding Director, Quinlan Series on the Future of Business Education, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago