Partha Dasgupta

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Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.

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  • Sir Partha Dasgupta ×1

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instanceOf ecological economist
economist
environmental economist
human
academicDegree BA in Mathematics
BA in Physics
PhD in Economics
advisorTo UK government
United Nations
World Bank
awardReceived Blue Planet Prize
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
UNEP Champion of the Earth
Volvo Environment Prize
citizenship India
United Kingdom
commissionedBy UK Treasury for The Dasgupta Review
commissionedWork The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
countryOfBirth British India
dateOfBirth 1942-11-17
educatedAt Cambridge University
Harvard University
University of Delhi
employer London School of Economics
University of Cambridge
familyName Dasgupta
fieldOfWork development economics
ecological economics
economics
economics of biodiversity
environmental economics
sustainable development
welfare economics
focusesOn integration of natural capital into economic analysis
intergenerational equity in resource use
measurement of inclusive wealth
givenName Partha
hasHonor Knight Bachelor
memberOf British Academy
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Royal Society
US National Academy of Sciences
name Partha Dasgupta
notableFor contributions to ecological economics
work on sustainable development
work on the economics of biodiversity
notableWork An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution
Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
The Economics of Exhaustible Resources
placeOfBirth Dhaka
positionHeld Chair of the Management and Economics Faculty at the University of Cambridge
Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge
Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics


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