1.0Commencementhttps://www.clarku.edu/commencementjpennypackerhttps://www.clarku.edu/commencement/author/jpennypacker/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hIlXYieqkJ"><a href="https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/recipients/esther-duflo/">Esther Duflo</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/recipients/esther-duflo/embed/#?secret=hIlXYieqkJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Esther Duflo” — Commencement" data-secret="hIlXYieqkJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2025/04/esther-duflo-headshot.jpg600600Citation Mr. President, I have the great honor of presenting Dr. Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President of the Paris School of Economics, and a Nobel Prize-winning economist who has given us a candid, unsparing, and ultimately hopeful approach toward reducing global […]