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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.

Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, the Global Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), dives into the shifting landscape of global development as foreign aid faces cuts. He discusses how we can address the significant changes—through new coalitions and evidence-based solutions—and...

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...

The Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Rabat brought together researchers, policymakers, and international experts for a major conference focused on how scientific research can help create better public policies in Morocco. Keynote speaker Esther Duflo, Nobel Prize-winning economist, MIT...

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.