The first new prize is to Anup Malani of the University of Chicago, with his team, for their serological research in India and Mumbia. They showed rates of 57 percent seroprevalance in the Mumbai slums, a critical piece of information for future India policymaking. Here is the research.

Professor Malani is now working in conjunction with Development Data Lab to extend the results by studying other parts of India.

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