Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
The rapid growth in use of edtech has outpaced rigorous research on its effectiveness. To help understand how different technologies affect student learning, a new review paper examines evidence across several areas of education technology.
Travel with our team to India and Kenya to see first-hand how rigorous health research is conducted in the field. This free nine-week online course explores the fundamentals of field-based health research through immersive, documentary-style learning. Sign up by September 18.
In India, a biometrically authenticated payment system reduced corruption and substantially improved the delivery of government social assistance programs despite partial implementation.
Summer employment programs serve thousands of disadvantaged young people across the United States each year. A growing body of evidence, including a number of evaluations by several J-PAL affiliates, shows that these programs can lower violent crime rates among youth.
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) shared their event.
What can a machine learning algorithm tell us about income inequality?
Find out next Thursday - online or in person at MIT! 4 hours 2 min ago.
"Having good intentions doesn’t always mean you're doing good." An interview with J-PAL Executive Director Rachel Glennerster: https://thepractice.law.harvard.edu/article/lessons-poverty-action-lab/ 19 hours 49 min ago.
Our newest free open online course, Measuring Health Outcomes in Field Surveys, starts this week! Learn the basics of impact evaluation in the health sector, following our instructors as they travel to India and Kenya to gather data and interview project participants. Don't miss out - enroll now: https://www.edx.org/course/measuring-health-outcomes-field-surveys-mitx-jpal350x-0 3 days 1 hour ago.
Did you miss our September eNews? Read it here: https://j-p.al/2h4Kz8l (& sign up at https://www.povertyactionlab.org/subscribe)! 1 week 1 hour ago.
Attention Spanish-speaking followers: Interested in staying up to date on the latest trends in impact evaluation for public policy? Registration has opened for our new in-person Advanced Course on Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods.
The course will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 21-24, 2017. To register and learn more, visit: https://j-p.al/2xBAb2F. 1 week 1 day ago.
Lessons from the Poverty Action Lab
J-PAL affiliate James Greiner and J-PAL Executive Director Rachel Glennerster discuss randomized evaluation research on topics from child marriage to...
