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March 2026 Global Monthly Newsletter

In this edition of our newsletter, read about the launch of our new AI Evidence Playbook and the AI in Health Initiative, our blog celebrating Women’s Day on stories of gender evidence in action, and reconnecting children to nature through school gardens and climate education in France, and more.

Opinion | Good intentions alone won’t empower Indian women

Hindustan Times
This women's day, Sharanya Chandran and Akshara Gopalan reflect on why good intentions and increased budget allocations alone cannot empower Indian women — urging policymakers to address deep-rooted gender norms, engage men and boys, and ensure women have real autonomy and control over resources...

Video | Will AI Transform the Existing Economic Growth Model? Iqbal Dhaliwal, J-PAL, MIT | Anirudh Suri

Hindustan Times
In this episode of the AI Futures Podcast, Anirudh Suri sits down with Iqbal Dhaliwal, the Global Executive Director of MIT’s J-PAL, at the India AI Impact Summit. They explore the shift from traditional technology in development to the rapid rise of AI, focusing on how countries like India can...

Video | Dean Karlan on AI tools that actually do something

Devex
At the recent India AI Impact Summit, global development experts and researchers — including J-PAL’s Dean Karlan — called for a pivot from AI "hype" to a science-based, "verifiable" approach to technology in the sector.

AI tools that actually do something — beyond the hype and 'sales pitch'

Devex
At the India AI Impact Summit, Dean Karlan, former USAID chief economist and J-PAL affiliate, in conversation with Devex urged donors to fund evaluations over flashy AI pilots to prove which tools are worth scaling.

New Boost to J-PAL Enhances Education and AI Work to Reach 100 Million People in Five Years

The Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL), co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Community Jameel in 2017 to spark a global renaissance in education, has spun out of MIT’s Open Learning department to join MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a global research...

Nobel economist Kremer to India: Ditch intuition, embrace experimentation

The Tribune
Nobel Laureate and J-PAL affiliate Michael Kremer delivered a public lecture on “Economics and Policy Innovation in India” at MGSIPA Auditorium, in an event jointly organised by Chandigarh Citizens Foundation (CCF), Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), and MGSIPA. Among...

February 2026 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's February newsletter features a new affiliate spotlight on Jacob Wallace and new research results in influenza vaccination take up. We also highlight an upcoming Climate Action webinar and recently published Climate Action Evidence Review.