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How to spend one trillion dollars: the US decarbonization conundrum

Why we must treat decarbonization policies as an experiment and put in place measures now to evaluate what works best.

October 2024 J-PAL LAC newsletter: J-PAL LAC turns fifteen

This year, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) celebrates fifteen years of using evidence to inform policy and alleviate poverty in the regionThis year, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) celebrates fifteen years of using evidence to inform policy and alleviate poverty in the region...

October 2024 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's October newsletter features an updated version of our Health Care Delivery Initiative Evidence Wrap-Up, a new video on our work with housing choice vouchers, and a blog on positionality statements in economics research.

Government of Karnataka partners with J-PAL South Asia to accelerate and scale policy innovations in school education

The Government of Karnataka has partnered with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to set up a “learning lab” to solve some of the biggest challenges in school education through science and data.

Nobel economics prize awarded for studies of prosperity gaps between countries

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson examined how different kinds of European colonization led to some nations being rich and others poor.

Three Receive Nobel in Economics for Research on Global Inequality

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson shared the award for their work on explaining the gaps in prosperity between nations.

How connecting firms to markets can promote economic development

Market access can improve firms’ performance. More research is needed to understand which type of market access programmes are the best at generating firm growth.

Government of Karnataka partners with J-PAL South Asia to accelerate and scale policy innovations in school education

The partnership with J-PAL South Asia underscores the Department of School Education and Literacy's strategic, evidence-based approach to strengthen policies.