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A man in rural Mozambique used a USD 1,000 unconditional cash grant from USAID, delivered through GiveDirectly, to establish a barbershop—doubling his income and improving his livelihood. His experience reflects robust evidence showing that direct cash transfers can effectively increase incomes...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government is set to roll out an anti-drug school curriculum, developed by Nobel Laureate Prof Abhijit Banerjee-led organisation J-PAL South Asia, for Classes IX to XII in government schools to empower around eight lakh students with prevention-focused skills to...

In a new op-ed for The Hindu, Parikrama Chowdhry, Lead – Policy (Scale-ups) at J-PAL South Asia, highlights why India’s fight against poverty must go beyond income—and how integrated models like the Graduation Approach can help states tackle the interconnected realities of deprivation.

With an aim to increase interest in learning mathematics among children, the State government of Karnataka has decided to to extend the Ganitha-Ganaka programme, in which teachers explain basic mathematic concepts to school children through Remote Tutoring (phone calls) after school hours, to all...

Gevorg Minasyan MAP ’23 draws on experiences in MIT’s Data, Economics, and Design of Policy MicroMasters and master’s programs to shape policymaking at the Central Bank of Armenia.