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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo describe how investment in low- and middle-income countries can help prevent the next wave of Covid-19.

Nidhi Parekh, J-PAL's Project Director for the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa, discusses research on Universal Basic Income in Kenya.

J-PAL affiliate and co-founder, Abhijit Banerjee discusses how overcentralisation of government can perpetuate poverty due to misallocation and lack of accountability.

Independientemente de lo que suceda con las nuevas variantes de Covid-19 nuestras niñas y niños pasaron un tiempo prolongado en que el proceso educativo se interrumpió de modo sustantivo. A pesar de los esfuerzos tenaces de las comunidades educativas y familias, existe evidencia de que las...

Kim Dadisman, senior policy and research manager at J-PAL, argues that J-PAL North America is one of the organizations doing the research-to-policy work that should be guiding public policy spending for COVID-19 relief funds towards mitigating educational fallout.

J-PAL affiliate, Adnan Qadir Khan was appointed the new chief economist of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Khan takes over for Rachel Glennerster, who is also a J-PAL affiliate.

In an opinion's piece, J-PAL co-founder Abhijit Banerjee writes about the importance of getting in the "feasting mind-set" for the holidays and the history and stigma around food stamps.