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WFP and MIT's Poverty Action Lab Join Forces to Develop Innovative Solutions to Food Security, Nutrition, and Resilience Challenges

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop innovative solutions that help build a more resilient and food secure future for...

Bridge International Academies highlights the importance of educating girls this World Population Day

Bridge International Academies is drawing attention to the urgency of educating African girls this World Population Day (11th July) - the first time Sub-Saharan Africa will have the largest population of children on the planet.

Opinion: How to revitalize summers for teens and young adults

Now, many local governments, bolstered by funding from the American Rescue Plan, are making new investments in summer jobs programs. If those resources are spent effectively, cities and counties could revitalize summers to provide young people — particularly from low-income and marginalized...

J-PAL North America June 2023 Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June newsletter features our Health Care Evaluation Toolkit; a new Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator; and researcher-practitioner partnerships to evaluate summer youth employment programs.

Jal Jeevan Mission gives term health and socio-economic outcomes

World Health Organization (WHO) in a recent study indicated huge health and socio-economic gains of Jal Jeevan Mission. The study estimates that ensuring safely managed drinking water for all households in the country could avert nearly 400,000 deaths caused by diarrheal diseases and prevent...

Making contraception free for low-income, uninsured women could prevent many unplanned pregnancies and abortions, new report shows

“Contraception is an essential component of reproductive health care that has only become more important in the wake of Dobbs and the ensuing crisis in women’s access to health care,” a statement from the White House said. Researchers compared the decisions made by about 1,600 uninsured women who...

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala y J-PAL LAC se unen para promover la toma de decisiones informada por evidencia en Guatemala

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) y el Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab anuncian su alianza para promover la toma de decisiones informada por evidencia en Guatemala

Increasing financial access to contraception for low-income Americans 

Access to contraception is fundamental to reproductive autonomy and economic mobility for parents and their children. However, substantial upfront out-of-pocket costs for contraception severely limit access for those without health insurance. Though the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated cost...