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Current Affairs UPPSC 2019 GS-I
Question

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics was given to a woman for the second time, name the first woman who was earlier awarded this prize.

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Elinar Ostrom

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Elinar Ostrom”.
The 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Esther Duflo, making her the second woman to receive this prize.

The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Economics was Elinor Ostrom, who won the award in 2009 for her work on economic governance, particularly the commons.

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