Amongst the three Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences last year, French American economist Esther Duflo easily arrests attention. At the age of 46, she is made the youngest and second female recipient of the prestigious Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, imparting extra significance to the remarkable feat.

Shanzhai City is in the business of empowering disadvantaged groups from remote regions with technology.

‘I was thrilled to realize that social service can be interwoven into architecture!’