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Artificial intelligence promises to help governments meet challenges and deliver better for citizens. AI tools could be leveraged at multiple points in the public financial management cycle—from collecting revenue through taxation, to spending those revenues on public services. They could also make...

En Belém, Brasil, donde confluyen los ríos de la Amazonía y los bosques ayudan a regular la temperatura del planeta, la COP30 del mes pasado fue una cumbre singular y un llamado claro a la acción. El cambio climático no es solo una crisis ambiental, sino también una crisis de desarrollo: las...

AI has the potential to improve access to and quality of health care. However, evidence on the real-world impacts of AI solutions on providers and patients is scarce. Closing these evidence gaps is key to ensuring policymakers can responsibly scale AI that supports healthcare workers and patients.

¿Pueden los programas de capacitación empresarial ayudar a que los microemprendedores rurales prosperen? Una nueva evaluación de Trafkintunkim, un programa de formación para emprendimientos rurales en el sur de Chile, muestra que los participantes mejoraron sus prácticas de negocio y los ingresos de...

On October 8, J-PAL Southeast Asia hosted a workshop gathering several of Indonesia’s zakat management organizations (Organisasi Pengelola Zakat or OPZ) to explore how zakat, faith-based charitable funds, can further support poverty alleviation through the Graduation approach. In this blog we...

J-PAL Southeast Asia organized a research-to-policy showcase bringing together policymakers, researchers, civil society organizations (CSOs), development partners, and private sector to discuss innovations for strengthening the last-mile delivery of early childhood education and development (ECED)...

In addition to questions about AI’s big-picture impacts, pressing questions remain about the effects specific use cases will have on outcomes in the real world. History gives us reason to be careful. Over the past two decades, new technologies launched with great promise often fell short when...

How do we ensure we are addressing the correct barriers to women's empowerment in Egypt? This blog unpacks why childcare might not be the right solution to supporting women's employment and increasing gender equity in Greater Cairo.