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J-PAL MENA Celebrates Five Years of Transforming Policymaking in the Region

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa (J-PAL MENA) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrated its fifth anniversary today. This marks five years of harnessing the power of evidence to design cost-effective and large-scale policies that address poverty and...

Noticias de J-PAL Norteamérica: La creación y continuación de alianzas en Puerto Rico

J-PAL North America's June newsletter features reflections on our work in Puerto Rico, new research results on the impact of tutor-student gender match, and a recent symposium that the Health Care Delivery Initiative participated in.

Opinion | Esther Duflo, Nobel laureate: 'Development aid is not a waste of public money'

Le Monde
As international solidarity wanes, the 2018 winner of the Nobel in Economics points out that development aid is not a mere crutch, but an investment: Increasingly strong research networks, including in struggling countries, know how to assess needs and identify solutions for overcoming hardship.

Opinion | Abhijit Banerjee, prix Nobel : «Nous, économistes du développement, n’avons pas fait un assez bon travail pour dire haut et fort l’importance de l’aide»

Libération
In a recent interview with Liberation, Nobel Prize-winning development economist Abhijit Banerjee reflects on the field of development economics and its advocacy efforts. Banerjee acknowledges that development economists have fallen short in their responsibility to effectively communicate and...

Opinion | The retreat from aid is a costly mistake

The Washington Post
It has been easy to dismiss efforts to raise the prospects of the world’s poorest as an abject failure. The United Nations reported 712 million people living in extreme poverty in 2022, 23 million more than in 2019. However, Foreign aid was helping the world’s poorest escape misery.

June 2025 Global Monthly Newsletter

In the June edition of the newsletter, we spotlight the launch of The Evidence Effect, a new campaign showcasing how research drives impact across sectors. This edition also celebrates five years of J-PAL MENA, highlights new evidence from Uganda on how fostering curiosity and discovery in...

UNICEF and Universidad Católica de Chile forge strategic partnership to strengthen evidence generation​ and use​ for child well-being

UNICEF
UNICEF and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) have signed a regional Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen research,​ training​​, evaluation, ​knowledge exchange, ​and​ evidence use for​ policy impact for child welfare across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Can Tradable Pollution Permits Work in Developing Countries?

CATO Institute
A market for tradable pollution permits in India increased compliance with emissions restrictions, reduced particulate matter emissions, and made pollution abatement more affordable.