Business EconomyPosted at: Jun 14 2026 4:34PM


Welfare economist Jean Dreze awarded for his research on poverty and inequality measurement in India

New Delhi, Jun 14 (UNI) Renowned Belgian-born Indian welfare economist Jean Dreze was awarded the Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA) during the world inequality conference organised at the Paris School of Economics.
Dreze got this recognition due to his pioneering work on poverty and inequality measurement in India and his advocacy for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
After receiving this award, Dreze said, " This recognition is not something I achieved on my own. All the work I do is in collaboration with people and collectives working for change."
"I live and work in India, which was rightly described as a 'museum of inequality' by Dr BR Ambedkar. India has all possible varieties of inequality—not only astronomical economic inequality, but also the caste system, huge gender disparities, massive disparities in access to education, and so forth. The silver lining is that India also has a rich history of resistance to inequality. I've been very fortunate to be associated with some of these movements," Dreze said.
Academically, economist Dreze has a PHD in theoretical economics of cost-benefit analysis from the Indian Statistical Institute. He also studied mathematical economics at the University of Essex in the 1980s.
He contributed rigorously to critical areas of development economics, such as hunger, famine, education, gender inequality, childcare, school feeding, and employment guarantee.
The GiRA is a prestigious international prize recognising scholars whose work has improved the understanding of economic, social and environmental inequalities.
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