Kaushik Basu
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Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist and academic known for his work in development economics and for serving as Chief Economist of the World Bank and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kaushik Basu canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T996033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaushik Basu Context triple: [Delhi School of Economics, hasNotableScholar, Kaushik Basu]
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Partha Dasgupta
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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B.
Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
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C.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an Indian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
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D.
Jagdish Bhagwati
Jagdish Bhagwati is a prominent Indian-American economist renowned for his influential work on international trade theory and economic globalization.
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E.
Pranab Bardhan
Pranab Bardhan is an Indian economist renowned for his work on political economy and development economics, particularly in the context of poverty, inequality, and institutions in developing countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaushik Basu Target entity description: Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist and academic known for his work in development economics and for serving as Chief Economist of the World Bank and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.
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A.
Partha Dasgupta
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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B.
Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
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C.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an Indian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
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D.
Jagdish Bhagwati
Jagdish Bhagwati is a prominent Indian-American economist renowned for his influential work on international trade theory and economic globalization.
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E.
Pranab Bardhan
Pranab Bardhan is an Indian economist renowned for his work on political economy and development economics, particularly in the context of poverty, inequality, and institutions in developing countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor's degree in economics
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Master's degree in economics ⓘ PhD in economics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Delhi School of Economics
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London School of Economics ⓘ St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi ⓘ
surface form:
St. Stephen's College, Delhi
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| employer |
Cornell University
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Delhi School of Economics ⓘ Government of India ⓘ World Bank ⓘ |
| familyName | Basu ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
development economics
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game theory ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ law and economics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Kaushik ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | economics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development economics
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policy advice to the Government of India ⓘ role as Chief Economist of the World Bank ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Bengali
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English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ |
| memberOf | International Economic Association ⓘ |
| name | Kaushik Basu self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Economist in the Real World
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Beyond the Invisible Hand ⓘ Prelude to Political Economy ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
C. Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University
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Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India ⓘ Chief Economist of the World Bank ⓘ President of the International Economic Association ⓘ Professor at Delhi School of Economics ⓘ Professor of Economics at Cornell University ⓘ Senior Vice President for Development Economics at the World Bank ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Kaushik Basu Description of subject: Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist and academic known for his work in development economics and for serving as Chief Economist of the World Bank and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.
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