[1] He is a development economist most well known for his significant academic contributions to assessing the impact of microfinance since the early years of the movement.

Morduch is the managing director of the Financial Access Initiative,[2] a consortium of leading development economists (including Sendhil Mullainathan at Harvard and Dean Karlan at Yale) that aims to expand access to financial services for low-income individuals in developing countries through research, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

He is a member of the editorial board of the World Bank Economic Review and of the UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors.

In January 2009, Morduch was awarded a doctorate Honoris Causa from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Morduch’s work and views on access to finance and social investment are widely cited.